Just another day in samsara as usual, home of passion, aggression and -- ignorance.
How offensive is this guy's total ignorance of Buddhism and his dismissal of all other religions to this card-carrying Buddhist?
Mm -- very. But in a dharmic context.
Who does he think he is?
Oh, right. He's just being proud and godly, not repulsive and arrogant. Blessed are the meek, dude.
Another fake Christian in need of remedial Sunday School.
13.
Even if someone cuts your head off
For having done nothing wrong,
To take on that person's negativities
Through the power of compassion
Is the practice of a bodhisattva.
Hat-tip to Jesus' General
and to TPM
Cross-posted at No Blood for Hubris.
Saw this video and it left me speechless. Which is probably the kindest response to his delusional state.
Love your comment about Cheney. He is my litmus test for compassion. Was once in a retreat with Thich Naht Hanh when he began talking about the need to have compassion for "W". A chill fell over the room. You could almost hear the crowd thinking, "Boy, there's no hope for me. I'll never get there from here!"
Posted by: Dharmaqueen | October 15, 2008 at 08:53 AM
Saw this video and it left me speechless. Which is probably the kindest response to his delusional state.
Love your comment about Cheney. He is my litmus test for compassion. Was once in a retreat with Thich Naht Hanh when he began talking about the need to have compassion for "W". A chill fell over the room. You could almost hear the crowd thinking, "Boy, there's no hope for me. I'll never get there from here!"
Posted by: Dharmaqueen | October 15, 2008 at 08:54 AM
Sure one can get there from here. Cheney, Bush, Rummy, Mao, Pol Pot, all the black-hearted Bushist fascists. Look at what messes they've made. ;)
One can definitely generate compassion toward them -- what one of my teachers called inconcievable compassion, what arises in the heart of a crippled mother as she helplessly watches her only child get swept away in a raging river, with no possible way of saving it.
Posted by: Buddhist Jihad | October 15, 2008 at 12:29 PM
For all the good that Prayer did. Obama won ^.^
Posted by: Rusty | November 06, 2008 at 08:08 PM