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Quotes about Western psychology

Inherent within the dilemma is a solution.

Reginald Pawle
Source: The Psychology of Zen Buddhism (dissertation)
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It is not freedom from, but rather freedom within, freedom to.

Reginald Pawle
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Gradual awakening means that change and healing happen gradually as a result of the accumulation of causes. This is more the common way that healing is understood to occur. As a result of doing this and that a person gradually gets better.

Reginald Pawle
Source: The Psychology of Zen Buddhism (dissertation)
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attend to experience simply without giving it meaning, feel it, and receive it

Reginald Pawle
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