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:

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