Buddhist Jihad: Samsara, As Usual (But More So)

May 22, 2007

Someone in my circle has just been killed fighting in Iraq.

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Who will explain to the little children who loved him this sudden teaching on impermanence?

Doing no evil whatsoever

Practice virtue perfectly

Tame your mind absolutely --

This is the teaching of the Buddha.

--The Vinaya

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The cause of restlessness is the ego-centered mind. When one has the idea of "I," there is no end to ego. Only Buddha said that this "I" is essenceless: no one else did. Thus, there are no methods other than his in order to attain complete peace. --Kamalasila-