We reflect and envision what it is to be a Buddhist in the world today.
What can one say about a man who had a vision and tried to bring that vision to reality; and in the process was stabbed, slandered, bombed, falsely accused, stalked by government agents, defiled, discounted by his own faith community, wrongly imprisoned and finally assassinated?
If we really want to heal deeply (versus just feeling better), we have to confront and work through the depths of our karma to the degree that we can in one lifetime. This takes supreme courage.
From the How to get over yourself department.
Their majesties the egg whites await your concern.
Three poems from a dharmic life.
Steve Roth had asked the Karmapa why he liked birds so much. His Holiness replied, “Just try to sense their joy!”
©Eileen Malloy 2020