(Peace Is Every Other Step. Part 1 of 3.) While doing research at the local library, Sid and the Buddha discover that they aren't given credit for many of the books they wrote; are almost run over by a oblivious teenager pushing a cart full of books; try to determine the difference between "Idiots" and "Dummies"; and eventually deconstruct and reconstruct four the famous Eight Realizations.
I continue to love each installment of this and don't pause often enough to say so. Reading about Sid's unlikely Buddha-being on Saturday mornings is like a spiritual practice for me, like re-reading one of the Westernized Buddhist tracts I turned to when I was getting my act back together a couple of years ago, without the earnestness--a valuable human quality too little in supply these days, but one I think one must finally transcend. You have one faithful reader! In addition to being thoroughly enjoyable, thought-provoking enough that I am tempted to write an exegesis to make sense of what I think the meanings are. My guess is that Sid would have some fun with that.
I continue to love each installment of this and don't pause often enough to say so. Reading about Sid's unlikely Buddha-being on Saturday mornings is like a spiritual practice for me, like re-reading one of the Westernized Buddhist tracts I turned to when I was getting my act back together a couple of years ago, without the earnestness--a valuable human quality too little in supply these days, but one I think one must finally transcend. You have one faithful reader! In addition to being thoroughly enjoyable, thought-provoking enough that I am tempted to write an exegesis to make sense of what I think the meanings are. My guess is that Sid would have some fun with that.