Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, discusses the similarities between Hasidic Judaism and Buddhism. Many religions are more emotional. Zen practitioners are often intellectual. The similarities between Hasidic Judaism and Buddhism. Also, the tale of two men who travel during a dark night. Only one has a lantern. When their paths split, the man without the lantern must grope along in the darkness. That is not unlike being in life without the presence of your teaching. You must learn to be a light unto yourself. Be okay with groping in the darkness. The light will come. Your path is, ultimately, your own—no one else’s. The old man in you must die for the new man to be born. May 19, 1985
