When you first begin to learn about Buddhism, it is like picking up a corner piece or a jigsaw puzzle without a cover picture as a guide. You realize it bears some importance, but…
And the you find one or two more edge pieces that fit together with it, you expand your knowledge on a certain topic - but find other edge pieces that do not fit at all. It is as if your corner piece was the 4 Noble truths and you found pieces concerning karma, emptiness, or meditation…
And then you discover another corner piece that relates to some of the unused edge pieces and go AH-HA! You work on two corners and slot in a few more bits. Then you find a third corner…
Eventually, you get to the stage where you have 4 solid corner pieces and sections of outside edging and then the wondrous day when these all join up to form the outline of Buddhism! You know that the mass of other pieces all belong and that you will eventually find their select spot and place the correctly - that one day you will have the full picture in front of you.
No comments:
Post a Comment