Tag: Buddhism
Imagine a multidimensional spider’s web
in the early morning covered with dew drops.
And every dew drop contains the reflection
of all the other dew drops.
And so ad infinitum.That is the Buddhist conception of the universe in an image.
— Alan Watts, Following The Middle Way
see also, A View of the Universe
“The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better.”
St. Francis
“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is today.”
Chinese proverb.
Are human beings hard-wired to be perpetually dissatisfied? Author Robert Wright, who teaches about the interface of evolutionary biology and religion, thinks so.
Wright points out that evolution rewards people for seeking out pleasure rather than pain, which helps ensure that human beings are frequently unsatisfied: “We are condemned to always want things to be a little different, always want a little more,” he says. “We’re not designed by natural selection to be happy.”
But all is not lost. In his new book, Why Buddhism is True, Wright makes the case that some Buddhist practices can help humans overcome the biological pull towards dissatisfaction. …