Met-A Mechanic-Called Mind

- expressing buddhist psychology with the aid of quotes -

'...we are doomed not to know the truth exactly
                                        ....(dainin katagri)'

'...new meaning may...be truthfully added,
provided the mind ascend to a more
enveloping point of view.........(william james)'

'....who am i....in the midst of this thought traffic
                                        ....(rumi)

'....the smallest particle of time...this is it....
the next instant, it is not so....(shunryu suzuki)

'...a feeling takes hold of...one side of your being
and so distorts you................(rainer maria rilke)

'...kamma is that by which creatures do or act
                                       ....(ledi sayadaw)

'....to get enlightened....keep giving up....sense
of the world....that it come to us on its own terms
                                       ....(stephen mitchell)


stan sand
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