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he does! The following quote is a jewel: "If you don’t know history, everything today can seem quite novel. But in the larger context of the story of human his
by jalcazar 12y ago
he does!
The following quote is a jewel:
"If you don’t know history, everything today can seem quite novel. But in the larger context of the story of human history, much of what fascinates, today, is quite redundant."
- virtualwhys 12y agoSure, I was more affected by: > My own impression is that life in the world provides many diversions which guard a person from really engaging the battle with sin, and can even render him quite insensible of its existence. Where Christianity's "sin" is Buddhism's "ignorance", the source of all suffering. The great 13th century Zen master Eihei Dogen said [paraphrasing], "teaching which does not feel like something is being forced upon you is not true teaching". Father A is a true teacher.