Thursday, October 2, 2014

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A Fathomless Foundation | October 2, 2014

Buddhism is fundamentally a path of inquiry, a practice of looking at the mind’s tendency to cling, to adhere to opinions, beliefs, memories, emotions, moods. This is a remarkable foundation, because it’s fathomless. For as every moment gives way to the next, we come face to face with an infinite freshness of experience—a freshness that, if we have truly surrendered to the practice, cannot be solidified into a doctrine. 
 
- Noelle Oxenhandler, "Glass of Water, Bare Feet" 
 

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

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Body as Illusion | October 1, 2014

There is no 'body' in the limbs,
But from illusion does the idea spring,
To be affixed to a specific shape—
Just as when a scarecrow is mistaken for a man. 
- Shantideva, "What Body?"