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Great Expectations

By Shen Shi'an on 2 Nov 2009 under Odds & Ends |

4 Comments | Tags: expectation, perfection

A Tit for a Tat (57)

Tit: What’s wrong with these people?
Tat: Nothing unexpected.
Tit: Huh?
Tat: What’s wrong with you?
Tit: Huh?
Tat: Why expect everyone to be perfect?

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Why expect everyone to be perfect? Because everyone has Buddha-nature and all have potential to be perfect

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Everyone has the potential to be perfect, but not everyone realises this or wishes to work with it equally hard!

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What is the level of perfection do you consider as perfect ?

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I would think Buddhahood

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