When Thoughtlessness Is a Good Thing

USUALLY, WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, “YOU’RE SO THOUGHTLESS!” IT MEANS you’ve done something wrong, something about which you should feel shame; but it’s not always so. Recently, I’ve been re-reading Brian Walker’s rendition of the Hua Hu Ching (now spelled Huahujing), a Daoist text attributed to Laozi, which had been preserved only through oral tradition for …

Gone Beyond and Back – Perfect Wisdom

The Heart Sutra pushes wisdom into transcendence, but then brings it back into compassion. That's why it's the Perfection of Wisdom, the bodhisattva path.