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Easy is cake. Hard is life. ...

Hânım Nenemi ziyaret ettim bugün. Hayallerimde onun yalnızlığıyla buluştum. Evli ve çocuklu değildim; annem ve babam bunun yalnızlığıma çare olacağını düşünüyorlardı. Oysa Hânım Nenem evli ve çocukluydu. Ama eşi, başka dünyalar için onu çoktan bırakıp gitmişti; çocukları da başka dünyalara doğru uzaklaşmışlardı ondan. ...

I would like to read Abraham’s story in the light of the Buddha’s teaching, and I would like to understand the Buddha’s teaching in the light of Abraham’s story. I will also sprinkle a bit of Western philosophy. I am not well-educated or deeply researched on any of these topics, and I do not want to say anything offensive. I simply want to scratch an itch of mine. Let’s see how this goes. ...

It was early in the winter morning. In other words, it was quiet, dark, and cold. He felt the urge to be on the road. What else could he do? He wanted to feel a bit of warmth inside him. His car was going to be that warm corner in the outside world, and if only he had a button to generate some warmth within himself. ...

A full room can temporarily be clean. An empty room doesn’t collect dust. ...

The eye shows, But I don’t see. Fear also shows, But I don’t see. The ear hears, But I don’t see. Anger also hears, But I don’t see. ...

Annem ve babam, birer insan. Doğmuşlar, büyümüşler, ağlamışlar. Birileri tarafından zorlanmışlar, sevilmişlerdir de belki, bilmiyorum. Ancak benim gördüğüm hep acı, hep öfke, hep nefret. Hayata karşı bir olmak yerine, hayata karşı birbirlerine de düşman olmuşlar. Birbirlerinin hayatını biraz daha zorlaştırmışlar… ve biraz daha. ...

Bunlar insan değiller, İğrenç pislikler. Bunlar insan değiller, Ne kadar da güzeller. ...

One, the other, one or the other, neither one nor the other, both one and the other. ...

On a bench with a view, Sitting, Thinking, What is existence? Who am I? Is there a God? Moment after moment, One moment carries nothing Into the next moment. When there is a question, There is no answer. When there is an answer, There is no question. Seeing, When there is seeing, There is no seen. When there is seen, There is no seeing.