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Power & You
WELCOME TO THE Summer 2023 Buddhadharma. The theme of this issue is “Power and the Practitioner.” Now, just what do we mean by that? Let’s define our terms.
Power of course has many aspects, many meanings. We might think, for example, of power dynamics: who has power over whom, how we respect and support one another, and how we don’t. That’s something Buddhadharma has commented upon in the past, and will again. It’s important. Here, though, the word denotes instead the power, and powers, that we uncover, experience, and cultivate through dharma practice. Whether they derive from within or without us, they are waiting for us to recognize, draw out, and nourish them.
The giant wave, the lightning bolt, the fierce twister, the ferocity of the dominant species guarding its kin—some power…
