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**GDRussiayear** · 03-09-2011, 10:26 PM

That's my take on Mara.

Mine too. In Zen we appreciate highly the passage about the earth witnessing Buddha's realization. We say that the teachings of the Buddha are here and now, they had to be grounded in this time at this moment. That it is all about our earthly condition. To master it, to know it. The statue we have at the Dojo is the one of the Buddha touching the earth. A beautiful reminder of the here and now.

03-09-2011, 10:26 PM	#5
GDRussiayear Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 536 Senior Member	That's my take on Mara. Mine too. In Zen we appreciate highly the passage about the earth witnessing Buddha's realization. We say that the teachings of the Buddha are here and now, they had to be grounded in this time at this moment. That it is all about our earthly condition. To master it, to know it. The statue we have at the Dojo is the one of the Buddha touching the earth. A beautiful reminder of the here and now.
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