John Burdett Quotes

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• I am moonlighting for the Buddha.
• The function of the West is to turn bodies and minds into products. It cannot understand that the rest of the world holds this to…
• Your fear of letting go prevents you from letting go of your fear of letting go.
• I don't want enlightenment, I want him. Sorry Buddha, I loved him more than you.
• Don't ask me when I first mastered the obvious.
• You don't understand. I only prostitute the part of the body that isn't important, and nobody suffers except my karma a little bit. I don't…
• The world other than as advertised can be an amazing place.
• I discovered that Thailand was one of those countries, like Sri Lanka and India, where memory of past lives used to be commonplace. Go back…
• To a Buddhist, contradictions only exist in a mind that has been forced to cultivate them.
• Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the way I look…
• In Southeast Asia the world is understood to be a vast, complex network of interdependent relationships. So when global capitalism makes it impossible for small-time…
• Expecting to be wrong about most things most of the time brings, finally, the kind of humility that leads to peace. I think.
• It is quite amazing how hard the subconscious works when it is made to understand that this life is not a rehearsal, there is no…
• There are plenty of brilliant people who are too stressed out to read challenging literary novels.

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