Comments on: Awakening with a Rude Driver https://tricycle.org/article/awakening-with-a-rude-driver/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=awakening-with-a-rude-driver The independent voice of Buddhism in the West. Tue, 12 Dec 2023 18:35:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 By: ROBERTO BALBOA https://tricycle.org/article/awakening-with-a-rude-driver/#comment-139147 Tue, 12 Dec 2023 18:35:33 +0000 https://tricycle.org/?p=69964#comment-139147 Thanks for writing this! It was very timely, as something similar happened to me yesterday, and later I jotted it down.

“On The Go” Tonglen

I was sitting at an intersection
And a man blew through a red light.

Horns were blowing everywhere

Fingers flipped in rage

I noticed he was waving back sincere apologies

Mea culpa

As he passed me by, his head was buried in
guilt
shame
sadness

It all immediately came to me.
All these emotions
resulting in a wellspring of tears

And I took them in.

I had no choice.

Was he just diagnosed with cancer?
Is his child ill?
Did his mother just die?
Did he lose his job?

I sent him good wishes.

]]> By: CAROL HUGHES https://tricycle.org/article/awakening-with-a-rude-driver/#comment-138534 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 00:46:18 +0000 https://tricycle.org/?p=69964#comment-138534 This was a good article. Maybe it just posted is why there are no other comments at the moment. I thought the teaching here is very useful, and had some new ideas, and can be readily applied. Thank-you. This will make for a useful remedy in many situations where there is a strong and unpleasant reaction happening.

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