Day 36: The Quiet World

MartinEdic
2 min readApr 20, 2020
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‘What most people call power, Buddhists call cravings. The five cravings are for wealth, fame, sex, fancy food, and lots of sleep. In Buddhism, we speak of the five true powers, five kinds of energy. The five powers are faith, diligence, mindfulness, concentration, and insight.”

Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art of Power

I got my numbering wrong yesterday and published two Day 34s, possibly because the…

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MartinEdic

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