To be a hermit doesn’t just mean to live in the deep forest; it means that one’s mind is free from dualistic constructs.

Padmasambhava

from the book Advice from the Lotus-Born

translated by Erik Pema Kunsang


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• Although
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• Generosity
• Meditator
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