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I will kill you but not myself
In April 2023, I published a blog post where I shared a Zen story (koan). I don’t think many people understood this. Let me explain. This is a conversation between a disciple (monk) and his Master, named Ts’ao-shan. Let’s discuss this in detail. The conversation goes something like this: Monk: “Who is he in our…
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It’s Not a Big Deal
I will let you in on one of my secrets of life. It’s not a big deal. That’s it. To understand (not believe or pray or pretend but to actually understand) that it’s not a big deal. Almost nothing is. In life, you will come across several occasions that cause you deep anxiety and sorrow.…
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In the world but not of the world
I must have probably written about this topic before but I came across 2 photos on the internet that made me want to write on this topic before. There are also people who keep asking me how can I be both fulfilling responsibilities expected of a normal human being (playing out my roles of being…
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Good Dream or Bad Dream
If you’re dreaming, does it even matter what you’re dreaming? The contents of the dream don’t matter. It feels like it matters a lot, of course, as long as you’re in the dream. For you, everything matters: Who will win the election? How much will the price of bitcoin be next year? All matters to…
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Sacchidananda
This post is dedicated to one of my childhood friends Sacchidananda I had a friend during my childhood whose name was Sacchidananda. He never liked his name, and was upset with his parents who chose such a difficult name for their child. Not easy to pronounce or to spell. We used to tease him for…
Bishal Gyawali 