There is an old Zen koan that says, “If you meet Buddha on the road, kill him.” Koans are mini mysteries meant for us to relax into and ponder the deeper meanings of. Eventually, someday, when we’re ready, the riddle will reveal its answer. This whole process is meant to wake us up to greater […]
We have all heard variations on the adage, “That which can be given can be taken from us.” When it comes to matters of spirituality, we apply this truism as a motivator to find every important thing within ourselves, believing that what is found within cannot be taken. But there’s a catch: even those spiritual […]
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 […]