Good evening!
Nature evolves with the four elements of earth, water, fire, and wind through the four seasons of spring, summer, fall, and winter, showing the four characteristics of systemic, sustainable, safe, simple structures, manifesting the four norms of law (of dependent origination), life, liberation, and love, revealing the four merits of truth, goodness, beauty, and holiness.
While, humans have developed the five aggregates of (physical) form, (mental) idea, feeling, formation, and consciousness, fabricating the five forms of self, society, status, species, and symbolism, creating the five fictitious bodies of nation, corporation, media, religion, and education producing the five calamities of delusion, bondage, discrimination, exploitation, and extermination.
How can we solve these problems? We can sit and stop our karmas in the triple learning of sîla (morality), samâdhi (concentration), and prajñâ (prognosis), revealing the triple characteristic of the dharma of impermanence, suffering, and no self, attaining the triple treasure of awakened ones, dharma, and sańgha (community) in unsurpassed awakening, unconditioned peace, and unparalleled friendship.
5/3/12
