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In the sūtra the layman and householder Vimalakīrti, who is also, significantly, a model bodhisattva, instructs deities, learned Buddhist...

"Even if death were to fall upon you today like lightning, you must be ready to die without sadness and regret, without any residue of...

"To be born human is rare, and we should be grateful and use our lives meaningfully. It’s absurd to get depressed because you don’t have...

"May the blind see forms, may the deaf hear sounds, and just as it was with Mayadevi, may pregnant women give birth without pain. May the...

The infinite – free, unbounded, full of joy – is our native state. We have fallen from that state and seek it everywhere: every human...

A big burly samurai comes to a wise man and says, “Tell me the nature of heaven and hell.” The roshi looks him in the face and says: “Why...