What is a vow? What does it mean to make or take a vow? A vow is a promise, a pledge to dedicate oneself to something. Given that, how can we say that a vow is a choiceless choice? Did I, myself, not make a decision in the moment after my big enchilada experience that […]
Understanding the difference between a wannabe and the genuine article, you might rightly ask, “But what of the genuine bodhisattva himself? Is there even such a thing?” (Or herself. Or hermself—shall we combine the two? Okay, maybe not.) Yes. And No. Speaking from experience, I can tell you that after the big enchilada experience to […]
Many who understand that enlightenment cannot be possessed because it is the dissolution of the possessor turn to the Buddhist path of the bodhisattva to help dissolve themselves. A bodhisattva is one who experiences nirvana—the selfless state free of suffering—but refuses the call to live in that freedom so that he or she may help […]