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Happiness is not an add-on to what you already are; it requires you to become a different person from the one who set off seeking it.

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Bring Me the Rhinoceros

by John Tarrant · published 2004 · read 2020-06-21

★★★★☆

I read this book after seeing it recommended on Twitter, and I'm glad I did. It's an introduction to Buddhist/Zen koans, with context and interpretative options supplied for each of the