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Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, Stories, Zen

Zen Stories; The other side.

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322626-myanmar-28-escape.jpgOne day a young man on his journey home came to the banks of a wide river. Staring hopelessly at the great obstacle in front of him, he pondered for hours on how to cross the river.

Just as he was about to give up, he saw a great teacher on the other side of the river. The young man yells over to the teacher, “Oh wise one, can you tell me how to get to the other side of this river”?

The teacher ponders for a moment looks up and down the river and yells back, “My son, you are on the other side”.

Art, Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, Poetry, Quotes, Zen

Misty Rain on Mt. Lu – Su Tung-P’o

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“Misty rain on Mount Lu,
and waves surging in Che-chiang.
When you have not yet been there,
many a regret surely you have;
but once there and heading homeward,
how matter-of-fact everything looks!
Misty rain on Mount Lu,
and waves surging in Che-chiang.”

—- Su Tung-P’o

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Activism, Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, Zen

Rage and Outrage – Great Middle Way

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Some well-intentioned persons believe that rage and outrage are necessary for beneficial activism.

However, all variations of anger, while making us feel “sharp”, actually dull the mind and make us ineffective. Anger narrows our focus, and makes us blind to context. Anger exhausts and demoralizes. Anger destroys. Anger saps power.

Peace and radical compassion are the essential components of effective activism.

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