How to Be Sick

Consider this passage about an instance when the Buddha was cut by a stone splinter:

         Severe pains assailed him—bodily feelings that were

         painful, wracking, sharp, piercing, harrowing, disagreeable.

         But the Buddha endured them, mindful and clearly 

         comprehending, without becoming distressed.

I take this as a reminder that the equanimity and joy we see in the many images of him is within the reach of every one of us.

---Toni Bernhard---