The Primal Act of Tree Ratna

Buddhist ordination is like excommunicating yourself from the world. It's saying I'm done with the world of pain. There's something better. So there's actually a collective responsibility to being ordained in Tree Ratna. And you promise that even if you were the last Buddhist alive, you'd keep going. Now these are the three items of the title. The book is the Dharma and the candle is the Buddha.

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