The meaning of life is just to be alive

November 21, 2020

The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves. — Alan Watts

 

When one drives away the negligent through vigilance, he climbs the heights of wisdom, and can see the suffering masses. Serene, you look upon the lost like one that stands on a mountain sees those that stand upon the plain. Gautama Buddha

 

Jendhamuni at the summit of Wachusett Mountain in Massachusetts on November 15, 2020. It took us a little over an hour to reach the top of this mountain.

 

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    Jayesh Thakkar

    November 22, 2020

    Wish you all the best, good morning from here Jen.

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      Jendhamuni

      November 26, 2020

      Thank you so much Jayesh. May Peace be upon you always.

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    Jayesh Thakkar

    November 29, 2020

    Read your quote regarding living life in its simplest way. But why a child should be taught, to achieve the difficult targets , why people compare their children with the ” Heroes of their competitive world ” 😀😀 . Why there is a theory of survival for the fittest and survival for existence.

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      Jendhamuni

      November 30, 2020

      I hear you Jayesh. Those must be the worldly desires for human beings.

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