Saturday, May 31, 2014

Padmasambhava prediction

Over a thousand years ago, Padmasambhava, 
the great teacher who brought Buddhism from 
India to Tibet, predicted that this particular dark 
age would be distinguished by our increasing 
cleverness. We would create myriad ways to keep 
ourselves entertained, becoming experts in how
 to spend free time. We would use our intellect 
not for betterment but for hanging out in one 
form of distraction or another, constantly on 
holiday. Our discursive minds would run rampant. 
Padmasambhava predicted that as we became 
more shrewd and clever, compassion would seem 
increasingly futile, and we would forget how to 
bring meaning to our lives.

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