Challenges Quote by Huston Smith

“The object of pilgrimage is not rest and recreation – to get away from it all. To set out on a pilgrimage is to throw down a challenge to everyday life.”

Huston Smith

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The Buddha is in me, the Buddha is in you. Live up to it.

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