Samvega is a Pali word. Pali is the language of the oldest Buddhist scriptures. This word means the oppressive sense of shock, dismay, and alienation that comes with realizing the futility and meaninglessness of life as it’s normally lived; a chastening sense of one’s own complacency and foolishness in having let oneself live so blindly; [...]
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Samvega
Posted in bio, samvega on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Taking the Path
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I took the Buddha’s path early in 2001. I remember the time because it was the week that the Taliban dynamited the great Buddhas of Bamiyan. I remember thinking, “How does my new faith, the lovely, peaceful religion of Lord Buddha ask me to react to such a terrible desecration?”
In early 2001, I was having [...]
