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**juspimoubbodo** · 04-20-2012, 05:59 AM

It has always seemed to me that the Buddha valued agency, taking responsibility into one's own hands and doing what needs to be done. The path is meant to be walked and the river is meant to be forded. It is useless to merely hope and pray for the end of suffering and rely on others in positions of power to take care of the means for doing so. It needs to be actualized by oneself.

04-20-2012, 05:59 AM	#7
juspimoubbodo Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 372 Senior Member	It has always seemed to me that the Buddha valued agency, taking responsibility into one's own hands and doing what needs to be done. The path is meant to be walked and the river is meant to be forded. It is useless to merely hope and pray for the end of suffering and rely on others in positions of power to take care of the means for doing so. It needs to be actualized by oneself.
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