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Tag: desire

you’re bound to it

You’re bound to it, you think you can’t live without it;
but in fact it is a [spiritual] obstacle.

Thich Nhat Hanh
walker zen tradition 7 July 20179 July 2017

i can love (why celibacy? [4])

I can love more people this way.

tmx
walker western 23 August 20158 July 2017

what is it that (why celibacy? [3])

What is it that men in women do require?
The lineaments of satisfied desire.
What is it that women in men do require?
The lineaments of satisfied desire.
William Blake, The Doors of Perception
walker literature, western 23 May 20158 July 2017

operating from misconceptions

Most of our trouble stems from attachment to things that we mistakenly see as permanent. Operating from that misconception, we see aggregation and competitiveness as helpful in the pursuit of what we imagined and desire.

Dalai Lama
walker tibetan tradition 19 March 20151 July 2017

vision of your desire

This vision of your desire is ultimately empty and ungraspable. Do not reject it! It is discriminating awareness.

Flight of the Garuda [pdf], by Lama Shabkar Tsodruk Rangdrol (1781-1851)
walker eastern, tibetan tradition 15 December 20101 July 2017

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