These words of wisdom by Howard Zinn came to us from our dharma brother, John Snyder. They provide good advice for bad times. “TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, […]
Archives for November 5, 2014
Can We Avoid Becoming Complete Robots
D. T. Suzuki was one of the seminal figures in bringing Zen to the West. He noted that our modern civilization is dehumanizing us at a rapid rate, even back then when he wrote in the ’50s and ’60s, he could see this was already becoming true. Now it is worse than ever. Can we […]
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