Jack Kerouac Dharma Bums
Page: 122
“Everything is possible. I am God, I am Buddha, I am imperfect Ray Smith, all at the same time, I am empty space, I am all things. I have all the time in the world from life to life to do what is to do, to do what is done, to do the timeless doing, infinitely perfect within, why cry, why worry, perfect like mind essence and the minds of banana peels”
Yet again the paradox of the Dharma Bums. He is God, Buddha, and imperfect. Ray is nothing and everything. The ideas of the dharma bums continue to contradict themselves. Yet, the contradiction only seems to reaffirm their belief in their values.
Jack Kerouac Dharma Bums
Page: 132
“People have good hearts whether or not they live like Dharma Bums.”
This is one of the few times in the reading when it actually comes across that it is okay to live the “mainstream” way. Most of the time the dharma bums place themselves above majority culture, yet in returning home to his average family, Ray admits that it is the heart that is important not the furnishings.
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