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Ep. 149 – Tending the Garden of the World, Tending the Garden of the Heart

Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield

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The Buddhist's Actions of Plow and Sow

The buddha approached the area where a wealthy brahman landowner was distributing food to his workers. He saw the buddha coming with his almsbull and said, o renunciate, o monk, i plow and sow. And having plowghed and sown, then i eat. Well, the second thing you must do is look after your planet. So here we are at this time in the earth. They are unhealthy seeds of greed, ignorance, fear, hatred and delusion. This is how i plough. It ars the fruit of deathlessness. Whoever ploughs in this way will become free in the midst of all things.

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