Getting lost is easy, especially if we are sure that we are right. Trusting our thoughts and feelings, we act decisively and strongly and find out much later that we have gone blindly astray without realising that we were so wrong.

This story shows both the havoc created by the selfish entitlement that proclaims, “Me first!” and the many faces of kindness the Buddhas manifested to tidy up the mess.

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The original Tibetan account explaining why the Buddhas had to manifest wrathful forms is translated in the book "This Is It" by James Low, (Simply Being, 2020, ISBN 978 0 9569239 8 1). See chapter 4, "Getting Lost Invites Trouble".

Text: James Low

Paintings: Diana Collins

Read by: Janek Szlagowski

Animations: Marja Shramko

Sound: Marie Samarina

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