"Since we are already Buddhas, happy and suffering……" — Joan Halifax
"Since we are already Buddhas, happy and suffering Buddhas, wise and confused Buddhas, we are already Buddha."
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- The Buddha taught that we're not actually in control, which is a pretty scary idea. But when you let things… — Pema Chodron
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