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“ The ego is like a clever monkey, which can co-opt anything, even the most spiritual practices, so as to expand itself. (155) ”

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Once again, we are reminded that awakening, or enlightenment is not the property of Buddhism, any more than Truth is the property of Christianity. Neither the Buddha nor the Christ belongs exclusively to the communities that were founded in their names. They belong to all people of goodwill, all who are attentive to the secret which lives in the depths of their breath and their consciousness. (14)

~ Jean-Yves Leloup

Lead us toward a speech, which is as beautiful as silence, and toward a silence, which is as beautiful as the sweetest and truest of words. (119)

~ Jean-Yves Leloup

Much blood has been spilled over words, and a great deal of it over the word ‘God.’ (125)

~ Jean-Yves Leloup

The compassionate person does not require other people to be stupid, in order to be intelligent. Their intelligence is for everyone, so as to have a world in which there is less ignorance. (118)

~ Jean-Yves Leloup