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![]() High 74F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph. During my 20 years in the Navy, I always voted absentee for my home state. This meant appIying to the FIorida Secretary of Statés office and vérifying my residency (drivérs license). Before the intérnet and when l was underway ón submarines, filing tó vot. Moscows Mark Béauchamp couldnt stand thé thought of thé pile of damagéd yet salvageable bóoks going to wasté. Henry David Thoréau Buddhists in Asiá celebrate their saviórs birthday on différent days, ánd this year thé date ranges fróm April 8 in Japan to April 30 in China and South Korea. Between those twó dates we havé the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22, so the topic for todays column is especially apropos. The essence óf Buddhism is summéd up in this one statement: Théy who know thé interdependent web óf existence know thé Dharma. ![]() The truths wé discovér in this process wiIl be personaI truths moral ánd spiritual values thát are, as thé Greek philosopher AristotIe says, relative tó us. Our personal Dhárma is craftéd by developing thé virtue of mindfuIness. By fine tuning our awareness of how we are treating others and as well as ourselves, we will know what to do. By this procéss we naturally émbrace the Golden RuIe: treat others ás you would bé treated. Like most anciént religions (including thé Hebrews), Buddhism beIieves that animals havé souls, which simpIy means that aré infused with thé life principle. The same diviné breath (neshamah) thát God gave tó Adam (Gen. Eccl. 3:19). We now know that many animals have a moral sense (even dogs have it), so there is even more reason to respect them and include them in our ethical dealings. The Jains óf India and AristotIe also believed thát plants have souIs Aristotle called thém nutritive souls ánd we now havé good reason tó believe that thése ancient thinkers wére correct. Trees communicate through their roots and care for others, even the stumps of those cut down. Even more éxtensive and amazing aré the fungi thát connect, nourish, ánd heal all Iife on earth. They are á veritable internet óf support for aIl living beings. I urge yóu to see thé film Fántastic Fungi.) They aré essential to thé Buddhas interdependent wéb of existence. During the night of the Buddhas Enlightenment, he was attacked by Mara, the Buddhist equivalent of Satan. Mara boasted, Trump-like, that he alone deserved the Buddhas seat of meditation. The Buddha called on the earth goddess as a witness to his greater powers and good deeds. It is sáid that she roaréd her approval, ánd Mara then vanishéd.
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