By Jess Cullinan, on November 1st, 2011 Late morning, just before lunch, one of Lin Chi’s monks comes up to him half-crazed, out of his mind with ecstasy, babbling about Buddha. Says he’s seen him. Says he was just walking down the road when suddenly: Buddhamind. Enlightenment. Nirvana. The big payoff. The monk can’t stop talking about it. Lin Chi strikes a . . . → Read More: Covenant Circles – November 2011
By Jess Cullinan, on October 1st, 2011 If we are to argue on behalf of the human right to religious freedom we need to recognize that our argument depends on a certain understanding of both what it means to be fully human in relation to God, and what that means in terms of the responsibility of governments, educational institutions, and even parents . . . → Read More: Covenant Circles – October 2011
By Jess Cullinan, on April 1st, 2011 From Marianne Williamson in Everyday Grace
The mystic doesn’t seek to avoid a disagreement so much as to infuse it with grace. A disagreement is a cut on the skin. You need to treat it gently and not cut further. So it should be, when we see things differently, that the gentleness of spirit guides . . . → Read More: Covenant Circles – April 2011
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