You take refuge in the Buddha not as a savior – not with the feeling that you found something to make you secure – but as an example, as someone you can emulate. He is an example of an ordinary human being who saw through the deceptions of life, both on the ordinary and spiritual levels.

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Further quotes from the book The Heart of the Buddha:

• The Dawn of Enlightenment
• We put lids on ourselves
• Nothing to blame
• Acknowledging our fixations
• Now that is happening
• Giving the giver
• To trust completely and let go
• Our buddha genes
• Shedding our covers
• Egohood
• Intellect and Intuition
• Freedom from egohood
• Looking at Who We Are
• Touch-and-go
• Vajra nature