“There are two kinds of suffering. The first is the suffering that causes more suffering, that we repeat over and over. The second is the suffering that comes when we stop running. The second kind of suffering can lead to freedom.”
–Thai Buddhist monk and teacher Ajahn Chan, quoted in an essay by Jack Kornfield in Voices of Insight, an anthology edited by recent discovery Sharon Salzberg.
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If you like that you might like Buddhism Without Beliefs by Steven Batchelor.