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Zen, Interbeing & the Bodhisattva Vow: A Path of Compassionate Presence (Copy)
Zen, Interbeing and the Bodhisattva Vow
Zen is not a solitary retreat into silence. At its heart lies a deeper truth, we do not exist apart from, one another. The truth of radical interconnectedness is what Thich Nhat Hanh call “Interbeing”, is not a poetic metaphor. It is the ground of reality, the root of the Bodhisattva Vow, a commitment to wake up not for ourselves alone, but for the benefit of all beings.