{"id":2337,"date":"2020-12-20T18:05:45","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T02:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/?p=2337"},"modified":"2020-12-20T18:14:43","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T02:14:43","slug":"buddhas-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/buddhas-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddha’s Own Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Walking, minding one’s own business, running into a figure asking for change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explaining one has no change, the figure suggested, “become the needed change in the world.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One looked at the figure and realized it was the Buddha. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t know why it took this long to see it, it was surely the Buddha. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without any change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Walking, minding one’s own business, running into a figure asking for change. Explaining one has no change, the figure suggested, “become the needed change in the world.” One looked at the figure and realized it was the Buddha. I don’t know why it took this long to see it, it was surely the Buddha. Without any change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3u13S-BH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4183,"url":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/the-apple-of-buddhas-eye\/","url_meta":{"origin":2337,"position":0},"title":"The apple of Buddha’s eye","author":"David Raffin","date":"October 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The Buddha sat under a tree. 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