{"id":685,"date":"2009-06-24T09:53:44","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T09:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2009\/06\/whattsa-whosa-bodhisattva-th-3.html"},"modified":"2009-06-24T09:53:44","modified_gmt":"2009-06-24T09:53:44","slug":"whattsa-whosa-bodhisattva-th-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2009\/06\/whattsa-whosa-bodhisattva-th-3.html","title":{"rendered":"Whattsa Who’sa Bodhisattva? – The Virtue of Effort"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Last time, in our discussion of the Ten Pure Virtues or “Perfections” (Paramitas) of the Bodhisattva path … <\/i><\/div>\n


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we talked about “Patience” …<\/i><\/div>\n


… and today we will talk about the Perfection of Effort and Diligence<\/u> (Virya Paramita).<\/p>\n

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All the perfections go hand-in-hand, each supporting and nurturing the others. Each is part of the Bodhisattva’s vow to “Save All Sentient Beings”. But “Patience” and “Diligent Effort” have a special bond …<\/i><\/div>\n

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Our way might be called “patience in effort”, “stillness in motion” “quiet in action” … <\/p>\n

… for, with the latter alone, we are always running headlong through life, trying to find the end of a rainbow which we never reach, rarely at ease, unsatisfied, never arriving at the ultimate goal  …
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… while the former alone leads to passivity, inaction, complacency and resignation. <\/i><\/div>\n


 
<\/i>Thus, remember that our teachings emphasize, not just stillness … butstillness in, as and amid the motion. Yes, we are like a stone Buddha in the garden, sitting with<\/i> come what may, not budging if it rains or if the sun comes out. It is all the same <\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span>… yet the stone Buddha rises, dances and lives life! <\/p>\n

This is the reason I repeatedly emphasize that our Way is stillness in action … effort without effort<\/i> …<\/p>\n

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