Pema Chodron, a Buddhist nun, from the United States, has written many books about Buddhism from this Western mind perspective. She explains the ideas in a way that even I can understand, in stories. A favorite story she tells is about a woman who was being chased by tigers and is hanging from a cliff. There are tigers above the cliff waiting to devour her and now there are tigers below the cliff circling and waiting to devour her. Suddenly, she sees a strawberry on a plant within her reach. It is beautiful and perfectly ripe. The woman with tigers above and tigers below, picks the strawberry and thoroughly enjoys it.
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