People think of our life as harsh, and of course in many ways it is. But going into the unknown world and confronting it without a single rupee in our pockets means that differences between rich and poor, educated and illiterate, all vanish, and a common humanity emerges. As wanderers, we monks and nuns are free of shadows from the past. This wandering life, with no material possessions, unlocks our souls. There is a wonderful sense of lightness, living each day as it comes, with no sense of ownership, no weight, no burden. Journey and destination became one, thought and action became one, until it is as if we are moving like a river into complete detachment. William Dalrymple
But finally, once in an age, there is a blink. And in that blink, you can be. And in that blink, I can be.
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Patrick Bryant
My religion starts from where your arguments end.
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Kunal Narayan Uniyal
Absolute love, heals absolutely.
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Ivan Alexander PozoIllas
God wants us to receive everything that life was meant to teach. Then we take what we've learned, and it becomes our offering to God and to mankind. But we have to live in order to learn. And sometimes we have to fight in order...
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Amy Harmon
By the day, I praised you and never knew it, by night, I stayed with you and never knew it. I always thought I was me but no, I was you and never knew it.
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Jalaluddin Rumi
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Partition was a total catastrophe for Delhi, ’ she said. ‘Those who were left behind are in misery. Those who were uprooted are in misery. The Peace of Delhi is gone. Now it is all gone.
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