A Minute Of Meditation

"All of your thoughts and words tell only half the truth. The Buddha had to divide the universe into Samsara and Nirvana, but only to teach the world about them. Nobody is enitrely Samsara or enitrely Nirvana; and neither is anyone enitrely a saint or a sinner. The universe has more than one side. It only seems to because we believe that time is something real." Wise words are true whether they come from the east or the west. Ancient wisdom and modern wisdom tell the same truth. Today I share words adapted from Herman Hesse’s 1622 novel "Siddhartha" which tells the story of the Buddha. Hesse was a Christian, but his family spent much time in India -- he was deeply inspired by the Buddhist prayers his father translated into German. In the novel, the Buddha looks at time through the point of view of the river. Nothing in a river stays the same for more than a fraction of a second, but we still consider it to be one constant, real thing. Too often, we search for a guide to take up through the river. Today, let