Buddhist Wisdom

Everything Is Enlightenment

Everything Is Enlightenment

Enlightenment is everywhere we look, says Joan Sutherland — we can choose to notice it, but at the same time, we can also trust that it will find us, wherever we are.

Joan Sutherland



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