sandpaper and wood, of learning

bhikkini Tezin Palmo, quotes an unidentified Catholic Priest, who said in relation to her choice of dedicating her efforts toward either undergoing a retreat or building a nunnery: We are like rough pieces of wood. If we rub ourselves with silk or velvet, it may be nice, but it won’t make us smooth. To become smooth, we need sandpaper.

i should be in bed

can always tell when i’ve been without sleep too long. i start typing words backwards (sleep was typed seelp) and the odd thoughts punch through. this, a reply to a friend elsewhere, placed here for further consideration…. after seelp. *chuckle*

dependant arising

ignorant as i am, i have not had a good resource to learn what this term means. i have found one. logging it here for study (reading it now, but will need to re-re-re-re-read it). http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/depend.htm