For the Sake of All Beings. This was the sign we carried at Saturday’s rally, affirming our practice in Bodhisattva School (Jomon’s phrase). There was a huge variety of signs at the rally, and much joyful cacophony as those in the crowd expressed what each found most important to protect and defend. The current conditions are ripe for wise response. There is a call. But what is it? When making our sign we asked ourselves how to take a stand that stems from the deepest wisdom?In the realm of samsara, where we suffer from the need to claim territory and defend it, we do get stuck in a fixed view, one that favors some and harms others. This is the realm of opposites, self and other. But the teachings point us toward a view that emphasizes the unity of life, where all things work together, to find a way beyond our current impasse. If we only shift who we include as “us” and who we exclude as “them” we haven’t yet discerned a more inclusive, integrative guide to action. But even without a belief that there’s a cure for samsara, we nevertheless can gratefully practice with an intention to nourish the seeds of wisdom and warm-hearted, wholehearted, benevolent action.