“The mind is something that happens within you. Thinking is something that happens within what you are. Thinking does not define what you are. Thinking doesn't define anything.”

— Adyashanti

The Basic Teachings - Part 1: Principles of the Teaching (2009)

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Spiritual teacher 1962

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