禅Robert Aitken

proverb

Engaged Citizen

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Text

A Zen student is also a citizen. Sit in the morning; vote in the afternoon; protest in the evening if needed. The cushion does not absolve us from the polis.

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By Robert Aitken

Sources

  • contentThe Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics

    Robert Aitken

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