Thursday, January 24, 2019

Life its ownself...........................


      Oftentimes the First Noble Truth is misquoted as "All life is suffering," but that is an inaccurate and misleading reflection of the Buddha's insight.  He did not teach that life is constant misery, nor that you should expect to feel pain and unhappiness at all times.  Rather, he proclaimed that suffering is an unavoidable reality of ordinary human existence that is to be known and responded to wisely. 

-Phillip Moffitt, Dancing With Life:  Buddhist Insights For Finding Meaning And Joy In The Face Of Suffering.

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