When a monk complained about the world's evil, the Buddha stretched his hand toward the Earth: "on this Earth I attained Liberation". (Frederick Franck)

When a monk complained about the world's evil, the Buddha stretched his hand toward the Earth: "on this Earth I attained Liberation".

Frederick Franck

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