What we see is how we look. This image of the Buddha free from all assumptions, inferences, projections, presuppositions, conclusions, impressions, etc., is just what it is, which is an accurate impression of the Buddha himself who was “One thus come,” like a rock on the road or a wave on the ocean — andContinue reading “March 13, 2025 – B”
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January 24, 2025
It would be a reasonably close approximationto say that Taoism was being developed by Shamansin and near China by around 1500 BCE,and that Lao Tzu was creditedwith writing the Tao Te Ching about 500 BCE,and that the Buddha was stirring around in India about that same time.And that about 206-220 CE Buddhism was beingintroduced intoContinue reading “January 24, 2025”
November 17, 2024
1) All of the outstanding people of every age share the same “gifts of the spirit”with each other,namely, their original nature(different, though “the same” in all people),their innate virtues(What they did best and enjoyed doing most)and their intrinsic intuition.These are the things that set us all apart,yet make us all one.And no one,including Jesus andContinue reading “November 17, 2024”
December 23, 2020
02 “What should I do? What response should I make? What is being asked of me? What is being called for in this immediate situation, here and now?” We only have to know what is being called for in the situation that is most pertinent in any moment, to know what we should do. WhatContinue reading “December 23, 2020”
December 07, 2020
04 Doing what our life asks us to do, being who our life asks us to be, faithfully offering what is called for in each situation as it arises, providing what is needed in each moment, with compassion and kindness, sincerity and grace, without contriving some outcome, or seeking our advantage or gain, is toContinue reading “December 07, 2020”
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