With Buddhism, I'd change it to:
Something better exists, but you can have it.
A blog about buddhism from an American, mostly Theravada. NothingIsEnough, NothingIsEnoughBuddhism
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Friday, July 31, 2020
SHORTY: Something better exists
About 2 decades ago, I wrote some copy for an ad. "Something better exists, but you can't have it."
With Buddhism, I'd change it to:
Something better exists, but you can have it.
With Buddhism, I'd change it to:
Something better exists, but you can have it.
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
More and more.
"We cannot truly overcome unhappiness by physical comfort alone; ultimately, the unhappiness created by human intelligence can only be alleviated by intelligence itself."
-HH The Dalai Lama in Essence of the Heart Sutra
I had heard things like this for a long time, but they never sunk into the heart.
Friday, July 3, 2020
SHORTY: the shiny fire sermon
When you start to see the fires of greed, the fires of passion, the fires of aversion, and the fires or delusion, ask yourself: what is skillful to do? It is very easy to be glamoured by what is shiny.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80dittapariy%C4%81ya_Sutta