Author Archives: Ron Pavellas
Is the United States of America Still a Republic?
At the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 in Philadelphia, the Constitution of the United States having finally been adopted, Benjamin Franklin was asked, “Well, Doctor, what have we got a republic or a monarchy?” “A republic, if you … Continue reading
“Fruit ripened is awakening completed/The flower opens and worlds arise”
The quotation above is a translation of the last two lines of the gatha of Dharma transmission by Punyamitra, the 26th Indian Buddhist Patriarch, given to his successor Punyatara, the 27th Patriarch, in a succession of patriarchs following the death … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Chan, Zen
Tagged Bodhidharma, Dharma, gatha, Records of the Transmission of the Lamp, Shakyamuni
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The Pavellas Perspective 