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Pavement : reflections on mercy, activism, and doing "nothing" for peace / Lin Jensen.
LIBRA BQ5405 .J46 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jensen, Lin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religious life--Buddhism--Anecdotes.
- Religious life.
- Street life--Anecdotes.
- Street life.
- Compassion--Religious aspects--Buddhism--Anecdotes.
- Compassion.
- Peace--Religious aspects--Buddhism--Anecdotes.
- Peace.
- Jensen, Lin.
- Peace--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
- Compassion--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
- Religious life--Buddhism.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- x, 132 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Wisdom Publications, [2007]
- Summary:
- Every day, Lin Jensen has plops down a meditation cushion on the streets of Chico, California, and sits "peace vigils" to protest the U.S. invasion of Iraq -- his honest effort to change the world. From his knee-level spot on the pavement, Jensen encounters a bracing array of what he calls "uprights": a heartbreakingly generous homeless man; hostile passersby who scream "Fuck you, Peace Wimp!"; "White Wolf," who punctuates every shouted comment with a sharp poke to Lin's chest; compassionate soldiers -- all amid rain and bright sun, exhaust, and the scent of azaleas. Jensen -- whose previous memoir, "Bad Dog! A Memoir of Love, Beauty, and Redemption in Dark Places," received wide acclaim -- here shares his struggles and helps us all learn more about humility, generosity, and what it really means to love our neighbors. This is an inspiring, good-humored book -- especially for anyone who might work or wish for change but doesn't want to be just spitting in the wind.
- Contents:
- Doing Nothing: An Introduction 1
- Hitting the Streets 6
- White Wolf 12
- Doubt 16
- Genuine Heart of Peace 20
- I Don't Know 23
- Classroom 26
- The Cries of the Vanquished 28
- Watch and Respond 31
- Diesel and Azaleas 36
- The Nature of Fun 40
- Comfort 43
- Insults 47
- "You Don't Know Me!" 50
- Xenophobia 53
- "Will You Be Here A While?" 57
- "Could You Use Some Help?" 62
- Getting Free 65
- Turning Away 69
- Redemption 72
- Home 75
- It Doesn't Look Right 78
- The Gospel of War 81
- Love and Will 83
- Curbside 85
- The Crosswalk 87
- Balance 90
- Right and Wrong 95
- Showing Up 98
- Refuge in an Uncertain World 101
- Atonement 104
- The Sound a Town Makes 108
- Ringing the World in Anew 111
- The Wisdom of Letting Things Come 115
- When It's Best to Bow Down 118
- Truce: An Epilogue 123.
- ISBN:
- 0861715225
- 9780861715220
- OCLC:
- 76901873
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