Monday, March 17, 2014


Samvega | March 17, 2014

I will tell of how I experienced samvega. Seeing people floundering like fish in small puddles, competing with one another—as I saw this, fear came into me. The world was entirely without substance. All the directions were knocked out of line. Wanting a haven for myself, I saw nothing that wasn’t laid claim to. Seeing nothing in the end but competition, I felt discontent. 
 
—The Buddha, "The Dismay of Motherhood"
 

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