`Unborn' See the World as It Truly Is
Byline: FROM HEART TO HEART By Rev. Oswin Hollenbeck For The Register-Guard
More than 2,500 years ago in northern India, Shakyamuni Buddha, the Awakened One, taught that "there is an unborn, undying, unchanging, uncreated."
This "unborn" or "unconditioned" are words some Buddhists use to point to the "something" that is greater than the universe and yet flows through every particle of it, including each of us. Within every being exists an intuitive knowledge of our unborn Buddha nature, and serene reflection meditation is one way to open our hearts to this True Life. All can become as Buddha and realize nirvana - the ultimate awakening to eternal peace and joy.
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Article title: `Unborn' See the World as It Truly Is.
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Newspaper title: The Register Guard (Eugene, OR).
Publication date: January 3, 2004.
Page number: a11.
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