The Laughing Buddha


	The Laughing Buddha

abailart

8-7-2009 1:16 PM

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buddha

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from Dhammapada ch11.

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8-9-2009 6:15 AM

ecossaiseheloise

Happy to contemplate the decay of the body, so as to be happy at death to contemplate the dazzling light of non-duality, truth.

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