People who do not know how to practice the way want to get rid of afflictions. Afflictions are originally void and null; you are trying to use the way to seek the way beyond.
. . . Such is the irresistible nature of truth that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing. ~ Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)
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This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. -- The Dalai Lama