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Reflections on Talks on Buddha's Lists
During a recent Appamada Intensive our students gave talks on Buddha's lists. Here are my reflections on their talks.
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Rhinoceros Fan (an infamous koan) One day Yanguan called to his attendant, "Bring me the rhinoceros fan." The attendant said, ...
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Life lights
Here I am 87 years old and still healthy as a REINDEER. When I was little I never seen toilet paper toothpaste or a bar of soap. So be HAPPY if you have them.
Hold on to LIFE. Live even when your life begins to end. A friend of mine who was a former first lady of the “united states” has cancer. The doctors told her “THERE IS NOTHING MORE WE CAN DO FOR YOU. Now you are in GODS hands.”
She said to them “ my friend Reinhold Neibuhr wrote this – GOD, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” And she said “Even in the throes of death lingering hope shows us vital signs”. To this day she lives happy
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