The Jade Emperor

The Jade Emperor condescended to take an indulgent view. “These creatures in the world below,” he said, “were compounded of the essence of heaven and earth, and nothing that goes on there should surprise us.”

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A Chinese student who attends our meditation group told me that, in his home town, there is a temple to Kanzeon but that it is obligatory to worship the Jade Emperor first!

I trust that I may take an indulgent view of the Jade Emperor. I will pay my respects to an idol only as a lead in to just sitting meditation. The Jade Emperor must defer to the Enlightened One.

The gambler's philosophy: "Thus year, the Jade Emperor's turn; next year, mine."

The Bodhisattva Ideal: "The Buddhahood of every blade of grass."