“To live as a Buddhist is not to wear doctrine but to embody dharma, in speech, mind, and deed.” To live as a Buddhist is not to collect doctrines, wear labels, or decorate ourselves with symbols. Rather, it is to let the teachings of the Buddha become flesh and blood in our daily lives. In…
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“There is no path to awakening that does not pass through the simple act of being fully here, now.” In Buddhism, awakening is not a distant goal found only in monastic isolation or after years of abstract study—it begins and ends in the immediacy of our present experience. The quote, “There is no path to…