Snyder was drawing from Indigenous perspectives when he said this, but it also reflects Jodo Shinshu and much of the Mahayana for that matter. For Shinran the Pure Land is contact with nirvana, where we are transformed into helpful bodhisattvas. The animals of the Pure Land preach the Dharma for all
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"There's a world behind the world we see that is the same world but more open, more transparent, without blocks. Like inside a big mind, the animals and humans all can talk, and those who pass through here get power to heal and help."
- Gary Snyder
- Gary Snyder
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