[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: We Have Everything

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

October 23, 2005

WE HAVE EVERYTHING

We are noble sons and daughters of Buddha. We ARE Buddha. We have Buddha in 
us. Why should we crunch ourselves down and deform our state of being? Why 
don't we just expand ourselves into our perfect form, our perfect being? We 
have perceptions and energies and inspiration. We have everything. We have 
a spiritual friend, we have the teaching. We have everything. What more do 
we want? We have everything in this whole universe. We have everything 
there. We have intelligence and understanding and the materials to 
understand. We have everything. We can afford to extend ourselves a bit 
more....This approach is called the mahayana, the great vehicle, the 
bodhisattva path [of those dedicated to helping others.] It is heroic.

 From THE LION'S ROAR: An Introduction to Tantra, pages 35-36. Edited by 
Sherab Chodzin.

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