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If we do not try, we will not know.
Ayya Khema
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Ayya Khema
Age: 74 †
Born: 1923
Born: August 25
Died: 1997
Died: November 2
Nun
Berlin
Germany
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the more we abandon ill-will and hatred, the easier it will be to meditate.
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If the whole universe can be found in our own body and mind, this is where we need to make our inquires. We all have the answers within ourselves, we just have not got in touch with them yet. The potential of finding the truth within requires faith in ourselves.
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If we want to be loved, we are looking for a support system. If we want to love, we are looking for spiritual growth.
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To look for total satisfaction in oneself is a futile endeavor. Since everything changes from moment to moment, where can self and where can satisfaction be found? Everybody is unhappy simply because of unfilled desire. Everybody is looking for something that isn't available.
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From contact comes feeling. From feeling comes reaction. This is what keeps us in the cycle of birth and death. Our reactions to our feelings are our passport to rebirth.
Ayya Khema
Eventually we will find (mostly in retrospect, of course) that we can be very grateful to those people who have made life most difficult for us.
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