“People think it’s Buddha saying ‘Sit down, wake up, pray, find a robe, shave your head, empty the mind.’ It’s not like that. It is that you can take in the thoughts—the bad thoughts—the good ones, too. You can sit with them. You practice, and you realize if you don’t run from your fears, your doubts, your past—whatever hurts you—when you face them, they stop chasing you. It changes how you feel about yourself, your life, even here. Buddhism also changes how you react to events. So if you stop running, face your shit… That’s how you’ll keep your young ass out of trouble.”
