A Longing of Being
“No less than one's life is needed / if the call of the Distant One is to be heeded.”
“No less than one's life is needed / if the call of the Distant One is to be heeded.”
“I knew I had had enough of flitting from flower to flower in the spiritual life; now I wanted the Hive.”
An explanation of male-female symbolism in Shin Buddhism illustrates the dangers of viewing traditional symbols in religion through the lens of gender politics.