"To Buddha, the second figure in the painting, life on earth was bitter, filled with attachments and desires that led to suffering."

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To empty the heart does not mean to not love. On the contrary, true love, as God intented it, is purest when it is not based on a false attachment. The process of first emptying the heart can be found in the beginning half of the shahada (declaration of faith).

— Yasmin Mogahed