Tag: ProtectionAsBloom
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DAY 2: Protection-as-Bloom
THESIS: We hear “protection” and picture a shield. A wall. An exemption from the storm. LOTUS LOGIC: The Sanskrit rakṣaṇa and the Chinese 護 (hu) mean guarding, sustaining, holding you inside the field of the dharma. Not a wall around you. New ground beneath you. The lotus does not escape the swamp. The lotus OUTBLOOMS…
Buddhist Wisdom for the Long Night 