“Without practice, wisdom decays.”
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Dammapada - Verse 227
Appreciating Anicca (impermanence), dukkha (suffering), Anatta (no-self) is about the transformation of self in the middle of the mess
Responding skillfully in the middle of the mess.
April 20, 2025
March 11, 2025
Only when the mind is
simple can wisdom devel-
op. A complicated mind—a
mind engrossed in thoughts,
plans, and expectations—
blocks off wisdom.
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“Wisdom tells me I am nothing. Love tells me I am everything. And between the two my life flows.”
"The path has one distinct characteristic - it is not pre-fabricated. It doesn't exist.
It comes into existence moment by moment, and at the same time drops away behind us. It's like riding in a train backwards. We can't see where we're headed, only where we're going.
This is a very encouraging teaching because it says that the source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen today. The source of wisdom is whatever is happening at this present moment."
Pema Chodren
Sentient beings are numberless....
Delusions are endless....we vow to....
The Big Squeeze betweEn reality and vision....which makes us decent,alive, mature and compassionate....to quote pema chodron.
The Metamorphosis of Wisdom
Wisdom is that which makes a vessel into a teacup when it is filled with tea, a sauce dish when it is filled with sauce, a rice bowl when it is filled with rice, and a medicine pot when it is filled with medicine. There is no set method in the functioning of this wisdom. It is simply that which knows how to utilize things according to the case at hand.
–Kusan Sunim, from The Way of Korean Zen (Weatherhill), trans. by Martine Batchelor