“Even death is nothing to fear For those who have lived wisely.” ~ The Buddha
They say everyone dies, and all things shall pass away. All is impermanent, fleeting, ungraspable. And yet, who shall truly live? What is our true life meant to be? And what does that even mean? This is my question for you, Dear Seekers and pilgrims in life. How to live and be(come) who and what we genuinely are and aspire towards? How to become the mensches we wish to see in this agitated world? Who shall we be?
We can put it all down. I wonder what would happen, how it would feel, how it would be, if we dropped everything. Like Japan’s greatest Zen Master, Dogen Zenji, said 800 years ago - like a stick...
May His Holiness the Great 14th Dalai Lama live long and strongAnd his liberating Buddha activity,Enlightenment activity, continueAnd benefit the whole world, the whole universe.May the beleaguered people...