Zen Moments With Great Cloud

V.O.T.E.

Vote for Buddha’s truth —

for compassion and wisdom;

vote for the future.

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Bodhisattva Vow

To save all beings —

Save us from what, exactly?

From our ignorance.

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The Most Important Thing

What is important –

Politics or daily life?

Are they separate?

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Swords into Plowshares

Sword of Manjusri –

Cutting through all delusive

ideology

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Who Has the Say-So

You must say something;

All the Ancestors said so –

As they said nothing

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Independence / Interdependence

What is all that noise

Coming from the noosphere?

It’s just the campaign!

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Un-political

We’re not playing here,

messing with Mother Nature

missing our last chance.

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Politics and Zen

Now that we have seen

the worst-case scenario,

silence seems prudent

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Zen and Politics

From the beginning

Buddhism was politic

Not political

 

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