Pema Chödrön and the parable of the walled community
“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall” Robert Frost, Mending Wall. “Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” Ronald Reagan, Berlin, June 12, 1987. According to Pema Chödrön, the gentle and perceptive Buddhist teacher whose calm recorded voice has helped me through some hard places, the Buddha (sometimes called the […]