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"Strive on. Untiringly." - The Buddha's last words. Quoted on the PBS Special "The Buddha" (April 7, 2010)

Day 64. I had much to write tonight; however, I just watched "The Buddha" on PBS and I am filled with a sense of gratitude to Siddhartha. So I will simply say Thank You.

Thank you, Buddha:

For the courage to leave your wife and son,
For your willingness to suffer as an aesthetic,
For continuing to seek answers when they did not immediately appear,
For your deep desire to understand suffering,
For challenging the accepted wisdom of the times,
For sitting under the Bodhi tree,
For walking the earth after your enlightenment in order to share your teaching,
For revealing the miracle of the ordinary,
For dwelling in reality,
For showing the connectedness of all sentient beings,
For the Middle Path,
For the Four Noble Truths,
For the Eightfold Path,
For bliss on this earth,
For a method of obtaining it,
For your life,
For your death,
For your compassion.

Gassho,
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