Tricycle's Daily Dharma: August 16, 2007
Tricycle's Daily Dharma: August 16, 2007
A Democracy of BeingShakyamuni Buddha's
revolution was without warfare; without provoking violent opposition, he
defied prevalent Brahmanic conventions to teach not only rulers and
wealthy merchants but outcasts, the disinherited, street punks,
even--eventually--women. He then went on to guide his diverse followers
on the path of liberation. In the Buddha's teachings, the source of
absolute liberation is internal, a state of mind that is not dependent
on external circumstances--not on race, class, or gender. In dharma,
democracy is the birthright of our own Buddha-nature, the democracy of
being that goes beyond all culture, all concepts. --Helen
Tworkov, Tricyle: The Buddhist Review, Fall 1994
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