Badass BuddhasBY darshan elena campos

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Buddha was badass.& it wasn’t because he sat on his ass beneath a bodhi tree.

It was because he saw the pain, fear, & rage of his world

& responded with love, peace, & justice.

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Buddha número uno was born to this world more than 2600 years ago in what is now Nepal. Buddha número you can be born anywhere.

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Iran, Iraq, Oman, Laos, Cuba, Colombia.China, Chile, Kenya, Tibet, India.

Spain, Sudan, Syria.

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France, Algeria, Britain, Norway, Namibia.Pakistan, Palestine, Lebanon, Kurdistan, Afghanistan. Mexico, Malawi, Russia, Turkey, Nigeria, the former Yugoslavia.

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There be buddhas everywhere.Buddhas on the streets.Buddhas in the sheets.Buddhas behind bars.

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Whether we’re Buddhist, Mormon, Hindu, or Jew.Be we Druze, Muslim, Christian, Kanaka Maoli, Lakota, Baha’i, Atheist,

or simply mysterious, we can all be badass buddhas.

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What makes a buddha?Seeing the world with our eyes open, peace in our hearts,

& curiosity in our brains. That’s what makes buddhas brilliant & beautiful & hella badass.

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On our mother planet called Earth, we need to have courage & compassion in the face of violence – & act together to end it.

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Love is where it’s at. It being peace. Peace being you. Love, peace, & justice being our birthright. Flickr/Hartwig HKD

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Peace crosses borders.In fact, it doesn’t see them.It freely passes through them.

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Peace builds bridges.It heals our hearts.It frees our minds.It binds our world.

It makes us all purr.

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Won’t you be a badass buddha too? Our world needs buddha número

YOU! Flickr/m kasahara@ darshancampos

a public internet announcement : by :

darshan elena campos, ph.d.

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big to all contributors to the creative commons movement ! Flickr/Shutternuts

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