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Postby Pero » Sun Jul 29, 2012 9:48 pm

Well I have absolutely no idea in which section this should go so I'm posting it here hehe. A friend of mine shared the following quote on FB:
‎"In the end these things matter most:"
How well did you love?
How fully did you live?
How deeply did you let go?"
— Siddhārtha Gautama

Where did Buddha say this? Did he even say it? I can only find other sites that attribute this quote to the Buddha but they give no exact source.
Although many individuals in this age appear to be merely indulging their worldy desires, one does not have the capacity to judge them, so it is best to train in pure vision.
- Shabkar
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Re: A quote

Postby Konchog1 » Sun Jul 29, 2012 10:03 pm

I rather doubt it. Sounds like the usual seemingly profound new age babble we hear all the time.
“It is not the notion of friend or enemy that you need to stop but the bias that comes from attachment and hostility, which are based on the reason that some people are your friends and others your enemies.”

-Lam Rim Chen Mo eng v02 pg. 37 tib pg. 300
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Re: A quote

Postby Nighthawk » Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:21 am

How well did you love???

Buddha wasn't a hippy.
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