"An act of meditation is actually an act of faith--of faith in your spirit, in your own potential. Faith is the basis of meditation. Not of faith in something outside you--a metaphysical buddha, an unattainable ideal, or someone else's words. The faith is in yourself, in your own 'buddha-nature'. You too can be a buddha, an awakened being that lives and responds in a wise, creative, and compassionate way."

- Martine Batchelor, "Meditation for Life"
Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001.
Reprinted from "Daily Wisdom : 365 Buddhist Inspirations",
edited by Josh Bartok, with permission of Wisdom Publications,
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