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The story of the Burning House is really about our practice of Buddhism. We are constantly living in a burning house, a house of the sufferings of life. Sometimes we distract ourselves from these sufferings by indulging in a variety of
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On chapter 3 of the Lotus Sutra
“I don’t print my books to achieve fame in the world, because I’m already well-known for my work; I want profit: without it, fame isn’t worth a thing.” “God grant your grace good fortune,” responded Don Quixote.”
― Don Quixote
― Don Quixote
“No wonder everyone sought, by hook or by crook, alliance with the Heike. All alive within the four seas mimicked the ways of Rokuhara,14 down to the mere cut of a robe or crease of a hat.”
― The Tale of the Heike
― The Tale of the Heike
“They cannot and should not be called deceptions,” said Don Quixote, “since their purpose was virtuous.”
― Don Quixote
― Don Quixote
“When there can and should be a place for impartiality, do not bring the entire rigor of the law to bear on the offender, for the reputation of the harsh judge is not better than that of the compassionate one.”
― Don Quixote
― Don Quixote
“Then the child of Zeus, Helen, decided she would mix the wine220 with drugs to take all pain and rage away, to bring forgetfulness of every evil. Whoever drinks this mixture from the bowl will shed no tears that day, not even if her mother or her father die, nor even if soldiers kill her brother or her darling son with bronze spears before her very eyes. Helen had these powerful magic drugs from Polydamna, wife of Thon, from Egypt, where fertile fields produce the most narcotics:230 some good, some dangerous. The people there are skillful doctors. They are the Healer’s people.”
― The Odyssey
― The Odyssey
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