Via Daily Dharma: Take Refuge in Yourself

[The Buddha] wanted us to take ourselves as our refuge… We can depend on ourselves and govern ourselves. We’re free. When we can reach this state, that’s when we’ll be released from our enslavement to greed, anger, and delusion—and be truly happy.

—Ajaan Lee, “Sowing the Seeds of Freedom”

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