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Sunday, January 12, 2025

Freedom

In Buddhism, we do not ignore freedom. At least, at a certain moment, we have freedom. But in the next moment, we have to change our way, literally. And next we have to change more. In this way, everything will—our life, will go on and on. This is a Buddhist understanding of our life.

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