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When, at the end of the retreat, I proudly told Michael Grady, one of the retreat’s two teachers, about my peak experience, he said, with a nonchalance that I found a bit dispiriting, “Sounds nice. But don’t get attached to it.”

Why Buddhism Is True

Robert Wright

She gesticulated at him. “Bernie, I don’t need weak ale to not die. I not … die … every … all of the…” She trailed off, puzzled for a way out of the grammatical maze she’d become lost in. Bernat patted her hand consolingly and said, “Some day, great men will discover how words fit together. For now, my dear, don’t trouble yourself with such inscrutable questions.”

By Fire Above

Robyn Bennis

Take away then aversion from all things which are not in our power, and transfer it to the things contrary to nature which are in our power. But destroy desire completely for the present. For if you desire anything which is not in our power, you must be unfortunate; but of the things in our power, and which it would be good to desire, nothing yet is before you.

Enchiridion (With a Selection From the Discourses) [Translated by George Long With an Introduction by T. W. Rolleston]

Epictetus, T. W. Rolleston, and George Long

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