“It is better to live for a single day free from arising and disintegrating than live for a hundred years not free from arising and disintegrating.” "If you memorize the Sutras incorrectly, it is like an elephant getting stuck in quicksand." -- Ānanda's advice to a monk Introduction/Summary For the full moon today, here is… Continue reading AN ISLAND OF COMPASSION IN THE MIDDLE OF A RIVER: THE PARINIRVĀṆA OF ĀNANDA: The cause of Ānanda’s passing away ‘in the middle of a river’ levitation, splitting bodily remains into two halves to avoid future conflict (17th Karmapa, Day 8)