{"id":53,"date":"2008-11-19T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-19T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2008\/11\/more-jundo-tackles-the-big-que.html"},"modified":"2008-11-19T09:33:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-19T09:33:00","slug":"more-jundo-tackles-the-big-que","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2008\/11\/more-jundo-tackles-the-big-que.html","title":{"rendered":"MORE Jundo Tackles the &#8216;BIG&#8217; Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had some more <span style=\"line-height: 116%; font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;\" >&#8216;BIG&#8217;<\/span> questions that some folks asked about  &#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">Is the universe truly &#8216;One&#8217;? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treeleaf.org\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=1&amp;t=1226\">HERE<\/a><br \/>Is reality random, unintended? <\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treeleaf.org\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=1&amp;t=1236\">HERE<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"><br \/>Can Buddhist&#8217;s love?<\/span> <a style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.treeleaf.org\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=1&amp;t=1243\">HERE<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">Those followed previous <span style=\"line-height: 116%; font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;\" >&#8216;BIG&#8217;<\/span> questions! About <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Satori (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.treeleaf.org\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=1&amp;t=1205\">HERE<\/a>)<\/span><\/span>  and whether <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">life has a purpose, <\/span>and<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> <\/span>whether<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> a &#8216;Divine Plan&#8217; is unfolding (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.treeleaf.org\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=1&amp;t=1206\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">HERE<\/span><\/a>)<br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">But this song by the 10,000 Maniacs (and some others) might say it best after all &#8230;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Please give a listen hear &#8230; GREAT TUNE!<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"color: rgb(102, 51, 255);\" href=\"http:\/\/video.google.com\/videosearch?hl=en&amp;q=10%2C000%20maniacs%20let%20the%20mystery%20be&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sa=N&amp;tab=wv#\">PLAY: 10,000 Maniacs Version<\/a><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size:85%;\" ><br \/><span style=\"font-size:78%;\">Everybody&#8217;s wondering what and where they all came from<\/p>\n<p>Everybody&#8217;s worrying &#8217;bout where they&#8217;re gonna go<\/p>\n<p>When the whole thing&#8217;s done<\/p>\n<p>Nobody knows for certain,<\/p>\n<p>And so it&#8217;s all the same to me<\/p>\n<p>I Think I&#8217;ll just let the mystery be<\/p>\n<p>Some say once gone, you&#8217;re gone forever<\/p>\n<p>Some say you&#8217;re gonna come back<\/p>\n<p>Some say you rest in the arms of the Savior<\/p>\n<p>if in sinful ways you lack<\/p>\n<p>Some say that they&#8217;re comin&#8217; back in a garden<\/p>\n<p>Bunch of carrots and little sweet peas<\/p>\n<p>I Think I&#8217;ll just let the mystery be<\/p>\n<p>Some say they&#8217;re going to place called Glory<\/p>\n<p>And I ain&#8217;t sayin&#8217; it ain&#8217;t a fact<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;ve heard that I&#8217;m on the road to purgatory<\/p>\n<p>And I don&#8217;t like the sound of that<\/p>\n<p>I believe in love and I live my life accordingly<\/p>\n<p>But I choose to let the mystery be<\/p>\n<p>Everybody&#8217;s wondering what and where they all came from<\/p>\n<p>Everybody&#8217;s worrying &#8217;bout where they&#8217;re gonna go<\/p>\n<p>When the whole thing&#8217;s done<\/p>\n<p>Nobody knows for certain,<\/p>\n<p>And so it&#8217;s all the same to me<\/p>\n<p>I Think I&#8217;ll just let the mystery be.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><embed flashvars=\"autoplay=false\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/flash\/video\/878519\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"380\" height=\"300\"><\/embed><br \/><span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Press on arrow for &#8216;play&#8217;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">PLEASE UPDATE FLASH.<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treeleaf.org\/forum\/viewtopic.php?t=294\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">SEE HERE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had some more &#8216;BIG&#8217; questions that some folks asked about &#8230; Is the universe truly &#8216;One&#8217;? 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