The Power of Zero
Tuesday, 14. August 2007, 23:15:01
"You don't bring enlightenment into you from outside.
You just remove confusion, ignorance, forgetfulness, so the enlightenment can reveal itself.
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When we say zero is nothing, it is very negative. . .but that's not negative at all.
If you are in debt, if you owe someone a million dollars, and now if you arrive at zero, that's a lot!
Suppose you don't have any illness.
That's zero.
That's very much.
That's a lot!
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If suffering is there, something else should be there also ~ namely, happiness."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh, in a dharma talk given at Plum Village on July 1, 2007
