"Nirvana can be translated as freedom. Freedom from views. And in Buddhism all views are wrong views. When you get in touch with reality, you no longer have views. You have wisdom. You have a direct encounter with reality. And that is no longer called views." -- Thich Nhat Hanh

All views are wrong views. I just love that. Imagine if we all dumped our views -- or at least questioned our views long enough to let some humility flow in instead of defending our views to the death or blindly following those who assert and spin their views more boldly than we do. Imagine how much more open minded we'd be. Such a relief it would be.

Have you heard of Thich Nhat Hanh? He's a remarkable man to have survived such a horrible war and to have helped so many people caught in the middle of a decade of madness. He's Vietnamese. But he transcends race and culture. He's a Buddhist. But he transcends religion. He's 84. But he transcends age. He seems like a really nice guy, too. I wonder if I could get to France to meet him one day. I wonder what I'd say ...