When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one.
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.
I reached in experience the nirvana which is unborn, unrivalled, secure from attachment, undecaying and unstained. This condition is indeed reached by me - deep, difficult to see, difficult to understand, tranquil, excellent, beyond the reach of mere logic, subtle, and to be realised only by the wise.
Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn, out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of God.
What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.
