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A Gandhian Koan [1]

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Date: 2024-06-30  

The Fourth Noble Truth of Buddhism is the Eightfold Path, which is not linear, but cyclical, as shown in the Dharma Wheel. This is Endless Training, Dogen Zenji’s essential koan, and each step is a koan of its own, only to be penetrated through the experience of selflessness.

Isaiah:

They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; neither shall they learn war any more.

Mahalia Jackson - Down By The Riverside

Jesus:

Blessed are the cheesemakers—sorry, the peacemakers—for they shall be called Children of God.

Therefore [sic] the Crusades and other religious wars, and Armageddonism.

Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten - J.S. Bach | Wheaton College Women's Chorale

Allah through the Angel Gabriel/Jibreel to Muhammad (pbuh):

Declare peace to all who declare peace with Islam.

Therefore [also sic] all of the Muslim wars of conquest.

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Zi Mozi:

Everyone approves of Universal Love as practiced by others to themselves. Therefore we should all practice Universal Love.

Gandhi fasted nearly to death to stop the first India-Pakistan Communal War. Later a Hindu Nationalist murdered him.

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