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More on lessons of powerful peacefulness.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

Enso - Japanese symbol of Zen Buddhism. (Available for public distribution.) An essential path towards powerful advocacy as a lawyer is to follow the path of powerful calmness and fearlessness of death. Buddhism has many beneficial teachings on this path. Part of my calmness and closer movement towards fearlessness of death is inspired by Buddhism's teachings about nonduality, which focuses on how people and things are interconnected rather than separate. Nonduality is related to the Taoist-influenced t'ai chi that I integrate into my law practice and daily life. It seems that Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson addressed matters of duality, as well. Here is a list of Buddhist teachings that I have read, am reading, or am in the process of reading, to assist on this path...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on April 19, 2009 (boomark / email).