"What Does Being a Buddhist Mean to You?"

ALINA STRAND
Honduran Farmer in Kentucky
"Being mindful of thought and deed in daily life."
NORA SAFRAN
Potter
Amagansett, NY
"Pain, pain, pain, pain,—that's thinking of the fourth day of a seven-day retreat."
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