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If You Meet the Buddha on the Road…

May 1, 2021July 17, 2019 by Krista White
Photograph of murals in the Nava Jetavana temple

“If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.” The Zen Buddhist koan is not an endorsement of murder, of course. Buddhists aren’t suppose to harm any living thing, not in according to traditional teachings anyway. The meaning (as I understand it) is simple and can have broad application, far beyond Buddhism: Don’t let … Read more

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