Today I chose this passage about the Twelve Link Chain of Causation and the reality of the illusion and ignorance which leads to suffering. Here in Charlotte we have witnessed first hand in our community the unrest and suffering caused by devaluing and unfairly treating our neighbors because of a difference in skin color. We have in affect based this injustice on an illusion of difference. I ask is the value of a diamond any…
I had a conversation the other day with a temple supporter who told me about an artist who uses words from various Buddhist texts to create some beautiful art. Immediately ideas began to pop up in my mind. So I have begun exploring the merging of text from the Lotus Sutra to a visual representation beyond merely words on paper. I’ve only done this for two days and this is what I have experienced. One…
They Say I Did This (Originally posted August 26, 2012) This is getting posted a tad bit late. I arrived home late last night, later than I had anticipated, from my KY prison visit. I learned while making this visit that an inmate does not say “I did such and such a thing/crime/virtually anything.” rather they will say the phrase “they say I did such and such” instead of ‘I did such and such.’ This…
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