LIFE LESSONS

War and Peace

A parable about the power of true peace

Janaka Stagnaro
3 min readJun 25, 2020

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Siddhartha sits in meditation. The faces of Mara scream at him in his attempt to keep Siddhartha from becoming the Buddha.
The Ranting of Mara, Janaka Stagnaro

We claim to want peace, well, at least most of us do. But do we really? And what is Peace? The following story I wrote over 30 years ago. I do not remember if any actual event triggered the story. It does not matter; for the same story exists today as it has since we left our Garden of Unity.

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Janaka Stagnaro

Poetry, parables, articles — spiritual, life-lessons, Waldorf education, artwork. 11 books. www.janakasartandbooks.com