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Nobody has yet articulated a Buddhist metaphysical grammar fusing eschatological drama and incarnational stakes. I suspect fusion, if it comes, will be born of reality itself evolving—contemplative depth co-constituted through dynamic reciprocity, alive to context and current. 1/ I once asked the Christian master, Cynthia Bourgeault, what she believes distinguishes the contemplative experience in fundamentally ‘prophetic’ dispensations, such as Christianity, from that of ‘non-prophetic’ traditions, such as Buddhism. “I don't know," she humbly offered. Subtweet: The final battle, not one fought. Once again, I'm treasuring the privilege and blessing of sitting in pre-dawn candlelight, incense rising, becoming morning. After a couple of decades away from the daily temple grind, it's lighter now. The Long March polished the step, perhaps. Tweet: 2/3 Consider Maitreya not as latent but immediate cipher-bridge between Dōgen's being-time and messianic tempieternity—the future Buddha as the pressure of universal compassion, and eschatological consciousness, recognized as different time-grammars of the same, charged now-time. [Images of Buddha Eye Zen Community Temple, Eugene, OR] Subtweet: 10/ Situated at the confluence of Himalayan Islam and Indic currents, Nund Rishi's genius was to translate Islam into the rhythm and grammar of Kashmir's pre-Islamic soul—not diluting it, but deepening a blend of Shaivite, Buddhist, and Islamic linguistic and religious registers