This is the last chapter of my podcast novel: “Little Bird Told Me”, entitled “Togetherness, The I Ching, and the Honeymoon in Nepal”. In the last part of the chapter I discuss the Maitreya Buddha, the Future Buddha, in relation to Maria’s child. I have come to believe it is possible to become enlightened much like the Buddha, or in this case give birth to an enlightened child. A little earlier in the chapter I mention “Treading” and “Conduct”, in the sense that if we learn to “Tread” in the same path as the Buddha did, and “Conduct” ourselves with grace, we can be like the Buddha. I will leave this short, but please remember to consider buying a copy of this book from audible.com as a donation to me the author. Hopefully within 6 months I’ll have a new audio-novel out. It will be my at the moment half-finished novel, “Fake Mustang”. I hope you enjoyed this novel, and if you weren’t aware of the slant of this novels approach to teaching, “Hip Enlightenment”, I hope my Dharma was passed on to you. Peace.
Here is a note from Flickr about the picture above. The creative commons license permitted me to use this.
Here's Theresa Saunders listening to Roshi reading the Shukke Tokudo admonitions for Rod's (her husband's) ordination. Maitreya is the future Buddha. Maitri in Sanskrit really means - in the Apex - love that comes from prajna wisdom. Traditionally, its manifestation is figured in the three Bodhisattvas - Manjusri as Wisdom, Avalokitesvara (Kanzeon) as Compassion and Samantabhadra as Beneficent Action - wisdom and compassion active in the world.
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