274-Happy New Year- Buddhism in daily life

Happy New Year


I would like to start with a quote from the Meta Sutra (goodness
teaching):


MAY ALL BEINGS BE FREE FROM SUFFERING, MAY WHATEVER THEY HAVE
GAINED NOT BE LOST, NOT BE DIMINISHED, NOT BE DESTROYED. ALL
BEINGS ARE THE INHERITORS OF THEIR OWN KARMA.


But does it really feel like a new year? Or is it simply a new
day?


When I bought the non-alcoholic champagne for our New Year's
celebration a few days ago, and saw the masses of high-proof
alcoholic beverages, I realized that most people have to run away
from themselves, especially on holidays their own ego seems
especially hard to bear.


How can it be that "celebrating" with oneself has been replaced
"shutting down, what is going on in our society?"


Chan masters used to cry in the evening because the day was now
lost. Yesterday was last year, today is a new year, so we should
not lose another year to "wake up".


When it snows on New Year's Eve, New Year is not far away


- Wilhelm Busch - German author - 1832 to 1908


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