Guilt and rejection of life does not make you more enlightened. Lola May , 1987

Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explores the meaning of Verse 15 of the Isha Upanishad:

"The face of Truth is covered with a brilliant golden lid; that do thou remove, O Fosterer, for the law of the Truth, for sight."

Lola discusses the prevalence of guilt in Puritanical America. How some of us feel guilt our entire lives, and how many, sometimes because of religious traditions, feel they shouldn’t enjoy life. We should look at this guilt, and try to understand it.

Meditation should not be an escape mechanism.

Buddha taught that it is not life that brings sorrow—but our demands on life that causes suffering.

Becoming Being… that is the end of desire and suffering. The more one feeds desire, the more it burns.

Lola discusses a poem byRabindranath when he was dying.

What is it in you that knows?

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