Most of our life strategies are to avoid pain. We can ask ourselves - Do I want to be bound by suffering, or free from suffering? Aryajaya describes the movement towards the Three Jewels as a development of faith and effective Going for Refuge.
From the talk entitled Commitment Is Key given at Cambridge Buddhist Centre, 2016.
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