Monday, April 25, 2011

Let Them Eat Cake

You cannot eat a recipe. The great religious traditions are like so many recipes.

To read a recipe and to believe that it is a good recipe ultimately will not help us. Of course, we may start with a recipe that looks promising, but we must always be prepared to make the necessary adjustments.

By much experimentation and practice, we have to find out for ourselves how to realize enlightenment in our own lives.

Only then can you have your cake and eat it too.
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