Today we will continue the theme of prajna/panna - wisdom, or understanding with reflections on these passages from Valarie Kaur's exquisite book, "See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love."

 

Wonder is an admission that you don't know everything.

Deep listening is an act of surrender. We risk being changed by what we hear.” 

“True understanding is not possible unless we risk changing our worldview. Otherwise we think we have built bridges to one another, but the bridges are rooted in sands that can shift with the tide.” 

Today’s talk comes from a year-long exploration of the paramitas, the perfecting qualities that lead to liberation, offered by HaiAn during the Thursday Meditations. Email haian@dharmapathways for the link to join these sessions on Zoom.

This session explores aspects of the sixth paramita, prajna or wisdom.  If you’re unfamiliar with the paramitas, Chapter 25 in Thich Nhat Hanh’s “The Heart fo the Buddha’s Teaching” offers an introduction and Norman Fischer’s “The World Could be Otherwise” gives a deeper dive. The paramitas are related to the parami, in Pali, for the Theravada tradition.

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