The Story of Sul. The Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn by Stephen Mitchell “The Great Way is not difficult if you do not make distinctions. Only throw away likes and dislikes, and everything will be perfectly clear.”― Stephen Mitchell. This excerpt is a quoted passage from the classic Zen book, Dropping Ashes on the Buddha …
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Why did he Believed there are Six Seasons Instead of the Traditional Four? Kurt Vonnegut On the Seasons. Kurt Vonnegut was an American writer and humorist, a war hero, known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels. He has published over thirteen novels, five nonfiction works, five plays, and three short-story collections, in a career spanning over …
Benjamin Franklin and the Pursuit of Virtues: 13 Things Benjamin Franklin Can Teach Us about Moral Perfection Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, was not only a polymath, statesman, and inventor but also a man deeply committed to the cultivation of virtues. His concept for moral perfection are ranging from industry …
