honestly

I always thought these pictures were photoshopped but apparently a man in guangzhou china did indeed make a huge ass garden to cover up the fact he illegally added three more stories to his apartment

"Mature practitioners . . . can look at all aspects of a situation objectively, without needing to defend their past behavior or blame others. Any of our sufferings in the present must come from our own ignorant wrongdoings in the past. That is the law of karma, not a sign of intrinsic badness. All sentient beings, including ourselves, have an enlightened nature even while we are ignorant and wander in samsara. We should learn to identify with the unchanging, skylike nature of our being rather than our transient, smokelike faults and misunderstandings. This will give us the strength and confidence to be able to understand what is happening in our lives. It will enable us to act in a way that will move us further along the path until we fully realize our enlightened nature and bring vast benefit to others."