Questions and Answers 1929-1931

02/28/2025
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Chance

What do we understand by the term “chance”? Chance can only be the opposite of order and harmony. There is only one true harmony and that […]
02/12/2025
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True Attitude on Discovering one’s Faults

Instead of growing sad and telling yourself, “Oh, there is still another defect”, you should, on the contrary, rejoice as if you had made a wonderful […]
01/30/2025
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The fault

It is not really by what is called blind faith that people are misled. They often say, “Oh, I have believed in this or that man […]
11/20/2024
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Stepping Back

Most of you live on the surface of your being, exposed to the touch of external influences. You live almost projected, as it were, outside your […]
11/19/2024
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Imagination is like a Knife

The imagination is like a knife which may be used for good or evil purposes. If you always dwell in the idea and feeling that you […]
09/08/2024
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Abandoning all Mental Conceptions

When you come to the Divine, you must abandon all mental conceptions; but, instead of doing that, you throw your conceptions upon the Divine and want […]
08/08/2024
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Imagination is a knife ?

The imagination is like a knife which may be used for good or evil purposes. If you always dwell in the idea and feeling that you […]
07/12/2024
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An Important Lesson

To run away from difficulties in order to conquer them is not a solution. It is very attractive. In those who seek the spiritual life, there […]
12/28/2023
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The Middle Path in spiritual life

It is interesting to note the insistence of the Dhammapada on self-control, for according to the Buddhist teaching, excess in all things is bad. The Buddha […]