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To a Buddhist, contradictions only exist in a mind that has been forced to cultivate them.

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In the West, we've lost our intuitive understanding of how poverty shapes thinking.

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I'm fascinated by Buddhism. I adore Buddhism, and I read about it all the time, but I haven't formally become a Buddhist, although I don't really know why I haven't. I guess I feel I don't need to.

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Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the way I look at the world.

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In essence, the Thai people are not materialistic at all. They're not in the least driven by the kind of ambition that drives us. The more I got to know them, and the more time I spent with them, the more I understood that this was a totally legitimate attitude to life, and why not?

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Novelist

Born: July 24th, 1951

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