Good evening!
Today is Halloween Day, all hallows day. We all become deprived, dehumanized, die, and are hallowed.
Our gift to the deprived, dead, and hallowed is to be truly with (mit), becoming true friends (mitra), especially in deprivation and suffering.
Buddhists say that we become Buddhas (jobutu: 成仏) when we are awakened or decease and depart after suspended existence (chuu: 中有).
We can be devoid of or deprived of the three poisons of delusion, desire, and divisiveness – by our practice or passing away.
Of course, it would be better to be devoid of the three poisons, and the earlier, the better, while we are still alive by our practice.
10/31/12
