Dharma appears to you through your own lens

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There are as many paths to Enlightenment
as there are Buddhas.
There can be no more, no less.

The Buddha that can be grasped
is not the Buddha.

I abide in this physical mind-body,
in this physical world,
now.
Without this, I am nothing.
Even so, I am nothing.

Experience is my Dharma-teacher; interpretation is my Dharma-deceiver.

It is meaningless to cultivate the mind without cultivating the body. Without one, there would not be the other. There is no mind without body, no body without mind.

Understand the importance of your existence without craving. Understand the unimportance of your existence without despair.

Dharma appears to you through your own lens; do not mistake Svadharma for Dharma.

Vipassana is awareness, activation, recognition of existence and form; samatha is stillness, silencing, understanding of nonexistence and shunyata. Train in them as separate, understanding the circular nature of their paths. Form and emptiness meet on both ends.

Mila (Jacob Stetser)

Mila is a writer, photographer, poet & technologist.

He shares here his thoughts on Buddhism, living compassionately, social media, building community,
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