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DavidA human residing in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Ancestral territory of the Erie, Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat, Mississauga and Neutral First NationsVeteran
I only just saw this thread now and it is in itself a blessing.
"May all beings everywhere plagued with sufferings of body and mind quickly be freed from their illnesses.
May those frightened cease to be afraid, and may those bound be free.
May the powerless find power, and may people think of befriending one another.
May those find themselves in trackless, fearful wilderness be guarded by beneficial celestials, and may they swiftly attain Buddhahood." https://buddhapowerstore.com/blogs/buddhism/3-popular-buddhist-prayers
My sisters partner Liam Gaynor, has been vomiting all night. He is a Covid vulnerable.
Outrageous behaviour. 🤮 He drives the car for our weekly food delivery, due tomorrow.
Please send blessings, merit dedication, puja power, mantra etc to all concerned, especially your favourite crustacean (hopefully c'est moi) 😇
Why are you so lucky? Chance to practice intensely! 🧘🏻♀️🧘🏿♀️😎
OM MANI PEME HUM
John Murga with daughter
Blessing Update: Phew, thanks already due. My sister plans to deliver our food solo style. ✅🌈🙏🏽Yum. 😌
I have half day off work tomorrow so I expect I’ll be on my own buying your stuff. We’ll get our stuff in a day or two - we’ve got loads of food (especially potatoes!)
May all beings benefit. Share the practice. Look after each other. Potato Power!
I offer this to the teacher, higher than any other, the Precious Buddha.
I offer this to the protection, higher than any other, the Precious Dharma.
I offer this to the guide, higher than any other, the Precious Sangha.
If offer this to the places of refuge, the 3 jewels, rare and supreme.
Count your blessings, not your problems. Count your own blessings, not someone else's. Remember that jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
**Traditional Buddhist Prayer
**
May all beings have happiness and the causes of happiness;
May all be free from sorrow and the causes of sorrow;
May all never be separated from the sacred happiness which is sorrowless;
And may all live in equanimity, without too much attachment and too much aversion,
And live believing in the equality of all that lives.
Oh great, compassionate Buddha!
Please help me increase my wisdom;
Please help me open my mind.
May I be able to appreciate the wonders of sky and earth;
May I be able to be grateful for the warmth of the world;
May I be able to obtain the assistance of friends;
May I be able to realize the value of Dharma. https://www.nantien.org.au/en/buddhism/pearls-wisdom/prayer-upon-arising-morning
Oh great, compassionate Buddha!
The day has passed.
On such a night,
I can feel how quickly life and time have gone by;
Just like a fish in shallow water;
I know the time is short;
I cannot help feeling the impermanence of life. https://www.nantien.org.au/en/buddhism/pearls-wisdom/prayer-retiring-day
I’m free in this cave on T’ien-t’ai:
No seeker here will ever find me.
Han Shan’s my only friend.
Chewing magic mushrooms,
Underneath tall pines,
We chatter back and forth
Of ancient times, and new,
Sighing to think of all the others,
Each on their own way,
Get your heads out, there’s still time!
Shih-te
(IMAGE: Kuti at Bhavana Society Theravadan Buddhist Forest Monastery and Retreat Center in Hampshire County, WV
, where they most assuredly DON'T eat magic mushrooms. ;-))
And yet psychedelic hues of this photo's blue bark, paths & kuti roof persist.
I saw a documentary the other day that was talking about the huge amount of viral, bacterial and fungal life found within each human that we actually depend upon for our continued good health. Perhaps fungal mushrooms, whose origins far precede all animal life, also claim that they most assuredly don't eat magic humans.
Fungi are so extensive that they were made a new separate kingdom (they had previously been included in the "plant" kingdom). There are more fungal species than plants. Moulds, yeasts, slimes and mushrooms are all fungi, including the charmingly nicknamed "Fuligo septica"—commonly referred to as dog vomit slime mould.There is also debate on whether they are plant OR animal:
"In 1969, a scientist named Robert Whittaker published the first major revision to Linnaeus’s proposed two kingdom classification – animals and plants (which included fungi). In the revised version, Whittaker suggested that fungi should be classified as a separate kingdom, and this has been accepted by scientists.
Are fungi plants or are they animals?
"Fungi share characteristics of both plants and animals, making it confusing when trying to classify these organisms."
"At death a person abandons what one construes as mine. Realizing this, the wise shouldn’t incline to be devoted to mine." the Buddha (Sutta Nipata 4.812)
“Just as water flows under the ground
So those who seek it find it,
Without thought, without end,
Its effective power all-pervasive,
Buddha knowledge is also like this,
Being in creatures’ minds;
If any work on it with diligence,
They will soon find the light of knowledge.”
When the song of the angels is stilled,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the kings and the princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flocks,
The work of Christmas begins:
To find the lost,
To heal the broken,
To feed the hungry,
To release the prisoner,
To rebuild the nations,
To bring peace among brothers,
To make music in the heart. https://www.patheos.com/blogs/monkeymind/2020/12/a-christmas-eve-meditation-2.html
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
** “ I made my home west of the Sha
Where water fills Sky Lake
And the moon fills the river
People are frightened when they see the heights
But once they arrive they know the trail
Dried snail shells on rock walls
Fresh tiger tracks in the mud
My door stays open
When spring days grow long
When paulownias bloom and cicadas call **“
I am a link in Lord Buddha’s golden chain of love that stretches around the world.
I must keep my link bright and strong.
I will try to be kind and gentle to every living thing, and protect all who are weaker than myself
I will try to think pure and beautiful thoughts, to say pure and beautiful words, and to do pure and beautiful deeds, knowing that on what I do now depends my happiness and misery.
May every link in Lord Buddha’s golden chain of love become bright and strong and may we all attain perfect peace http://web.mit.edu/stclair/www/goldenchain.html
“We gently caress you, the Earth, our planet and our home.
Our vision has brought us closer to you, making us aware of the harm we have done to the life-network upon which we ourselves depend.
We are reminded that we have poisoned your waters, your lands, your air.
We have filled you with the bones of our dead from war and greed.
Your pain is our pain.
Touching you gently, we pray that we may become peace-bringers and life-bringers so that our home in its journey around the Sun not become a sterile and lonely place.
JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
If we are peaceful,
If we are happy,
We can smile and blossom like a flower.
And everyone in our family,
Our entire society,
Will benefit
From our peace.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
With every breath I take today,
I vow to be awake;
And every step I take,
I vow to take with a grateful heart.
So I may see with eyes of love
Into the hearts of all I meet,
To ease their burden when I can
And touch them with a smile of peace.
Anonymous
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
Here is the great Earth,
Filled with the smell of incense,
Covered with a blanket of flowers,
The Great Mountain, the Four Continents,
Wearing a jewel of the Sun and Moon.
In my mind I make them the Paradise of a Buddha,
And offer it all to You.
By this deed, may every living being
Experience the Pure World.
Then spring now autumn,
the four seasons revolve.
Then young now old,
you see the hair turn white.
Then wealthy and nobility,
now a long dream.
Years and months go by,
Carrying ten thousand pecks of sorrow.
In the path of suffering,
The wheel of rebirth rolls endlessly.
In the river of passion,
We swim like bubbles
forming and popping.
Now coming to the right place
To learn the Way,
Why don’t you touch your nose?
See that this is your very good
Chance of a million lifetimes.
JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
@lobster said:
Yesterday was difficult. First NoBell ding dong Truly Dukkhaing . And so … to curly wurly …
For us mere mortals, bearing up under difficult circumstances is a worthwhile thing, if only to set the good example. It is good to see that crustaceans also keep up the habit.
Enter the stream
With all good intents and empowerment
With all who are blessed and a blessing
May you sense your well being, increase in fortune
Increase in virtue, giving, service, power to transform
Increase in sense, in protection, in friendship
Make it so Eh Ma Ho
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I only just saw this thread now and it is in itself a blessing.
Thank you!
"May all beings everywhere plagued with sufferings of body and mind quickly be freed from their illnesses.
May those frightened cease to be afraid, and may those bound be free.
May the powerless find power, and may people think of befriending one another.
May those find themselves in trackless, fearful wilderness be guarded by beneficial celestials, and may they swiftly attain Buddhahood."
https://buddhapowerstore.com/blogs/buddhism/3-popular-buddhist-prayers
Tayata Om Bhekandze Bekhandze Maha Bhekandze Bhekandze Randza Sumungate Soha
https://buddhaweekly.com/the-first-doctor-medicine-buddha-bhaisajyaguru/
You lucky, lucky, lucky people 💗
After posting the above Blessing ... the very next day:
Please send puja for his wife and family.
http://blog.puppylinux.com/vale-john-de-murga
Outrageous behaviour. 🤮 He drives the car for our weekly food delivery, due tomorrow.
Please send blessings, merit dedication, puja power, mantra etc to all concerned, especially your favourite crustacean (hopefully c'est moi) 😇
Why are you so lucky? Chance to practice intensely! 🧘🏻♀️🧘🏿♀️😎
OM MANI PEME HUM
John Murga with daughter
Blessing Update: Phew, thanks already due. My sister plans to deliver our food solo style. ✅🌈🙏🏽Yum. 😌
May all beings benefit. Share the practice. Look after each other. Potato Power!
Eighty-four thousand
doors changed into Kannon's arms
all for a lobster.
Thanks @Vimalajāti and all blessings across time
Liam safely eating. Food delivered.
meanwhile ... potato cake
I offer this to the teacher, higher than any other, the Precious Buddha.
I offer this to the protection, higher than any other, the Precious Dharma.
I offer this to the guide, higher than any other, the Precious Sangha.
If offer this to the places of refuge, the 3 jewels, rare and supreme.
Ah ... we thought a blessing was something to receive?
It is a given.
Offering. Blessing. Metta.
https://happyrubin.com/spirituality/loving-kindness-meditation/
Count your blessings, not your problems. Count your own blessings, not someone else's. Remember that jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
There I was in the Purelands or was it the hell realms ... Pah! What is the difference!
Here in the human realms we have a chance.
May you Be a Well. Peace and Love. Good fortune.
http://www.shamagika.com/blog/windhorse-prayers-to-increase-good-fortune
Dear Friends
May Amitabha Bless This Blessing
We the Spiritual Parents, Sons and Daughters of The Buddhas are Here.
We come with Peace Spirit Mind Body
We share unfolding, break bonds, live in You
Free Us
Praise to Buddha Shakyamuni
O Blessed One, Shakyamuni Buddha
Precious treasury of compassion,
Bestower of supreme inner peace,
You, who love all beings without exception,
Are the source of happiness and goodness;
And you guide us to the liberating path.
Your body is a wishfulfilling jewel,
Your speech is supreme, purifying nectar,
And your mind is refuge for all living beings.
With folded hands I turn to you,
Supreme unchanging friend,
I request from the depths of my heart:
Please give me the light of your wisdom
To dispel the darkness of my mind
And to heal my mental continuum.
Please nourish me with your goodness,
That I in turn may nourish all beings
With an unceasing banquet of delight.
Through your compassionate intention,
Your blessings and virtuous deeds,
And my strong wish to rely upon you,
May all suffering quickly cease
And all happiness and joy be fulfilled;
And may holy Dharma flourish for evermore.
Author Unknown
https://www.xavier.edu/jesuitresource/online-resources/prayer-index/buddhist-prayers
**Traditional Buddhist Prayer
**
May all beings have happiness and the causes of happiness;
May all be free from sorrow and the causes of sorrow;
May all never be separated from the sacred happiness which is sorrowless;
And may all live in equanimity, without too much attachment and too much aversion,
And live believing in the equality of all that lives.
https://www.xavier.edu/jesuitresource/online-resources/prayer-index/buddhist-prayers
PD: Pretty cool site, thanks @lobster !
https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/family-dharma-blessing-our-children/
https://www.lionsroar.com/how-to-invoke-the-medicine-buddha/
An early cup of coffee
Frog jumps in
Sound of water
— After Basho by Kerome
Oh great, compassionate Buddha!
Please help me increase my wisdom;
Please help me open my mind.
May I be able to appreciate the wonders of sky and earth;
May I be able to be grateful for the warmth of the world;
May I be able to obtain the assistance of friends;
May I be able to realize the value of Dharma.
https://www.nantien.org.au/en/buddhism/pearls-wisdom/prayer-upon-arising-morning
A blessing received is a blessing. In that sense its reception empowers its giving.
Flow!
https://tricycle.org/magazine/transcendent-imperative/
Receiving is generous
Goodwill to All
https://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=6,9774,0,0,1,0
“We are like someone immersed in water, who complains of nothing to drink.” ~ Hsueh-Feng
Oh great, compassionate Buddha!
The day has passed.
On such a night,
I can feel how quickly life and time have gone by;
Just like a fish in shallow water;
I know the time is short;
I cannot help feeling the impermanence of life.
https://www.nantien.org.au/en/buddhism/pearls-wisdom/prayer-retiring-day
https://buddhismnow.com/2014/07/23/we-can-always-start-anew-by-ajahn-sumedho/
I’m free in this cave on T’ien-t’ai:
No seeker here will ever find me.
Han Shan’s my only friend.
Chewing magic mushrooms,
Underneath tall pines,
We chatter back and forth
Of ancient times, and new,
Sighing to think of all the others,
Each on their own way,
Get your heads out, there’s still time!
(IMAGE: Kuti at Bhavana Society Theravadan Buddhist Forest Monastery and Retreat Center in Hampshire County, WV
, where they most assuredly DON'T eat magic mushrooms. ;-))
And yet psychedelic hues of this photo's blue bark, paths & kuti roof persist.
I saw a documentary the other day that was talking about the huge amount of viral, bacterial and fungal life found within each human that we actually depend upon for our continued good health. Perhaps fungal mushrooms, whose origins far precede all animal life, also claim that they most assuredly don't eat magic humans.
Fungi are so extensive that they were made a new separate kingdom (they had previously been included in the "plant" kingdom). There are more fungal species than plants. Moulds, yeasts, slimes and mushrooms are all fungi, including the charmingly nicknamed "Fuligo septica"—commonly referred to as dog vomit slime mould.There is also debate on whether they are plant OR animal:
"In 1969, a scientist named Robert Whittaker published the first major revision to Linnaeus’s proposed two kingdom classification – animals and plants (which included fungi). In the revised version, Whittaker suggested that fungi should be classified as a separate kingdom, and this has been accepted by scientists.
Are fungi plants or are they animals?
"Fungi share characteristics of both plants and animals, making it confusing when trying to classify these organisms."
READ ON: https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/1439-making-a-case-for-the-5th-kingdom
I have a friend who grew up in India where she was taught that mushrooms were a food too blessed with sentience for vegetarians to eat.
"At death a person abandons what one construes as mine. Realizing this, the wise shouldn’t incline to be devoted to mine." the Buddha (Sutta Nipata 4.812)
Embracing our differences,
I shall know myself as you,
and you as myself.
May we serve each other
for all our days,
here, there, and everywhere.
Sensei Wendy Egyoku Nakao
https://www.rabbimargie.com/a-blessing-for-the-journey-buddhist-prayer/
“Just as water flows under the ground
So those who seek it find it,
Without thought, without end,
Its effective power all-pervasive,
Buddha knowledge is also like this,
Being in creatures’ minds;
If any work on it with diligence,
They will soon find the light of knowledge.”
“I have love for the footless,
for the bipeds, too, I have love;
I have love for those with four feet,
for the many-footed I have love.”
Have always appreciated this saying from the teachings of the #Buddha (Anguttara Nikaya 4.67)
When the song of the angels is stilled,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the kings and the princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flocks,
The work of Christmas begins:
To find the lost,
To heal the broken,
To feed the hungry,
To release the prisoner,
To rebuild the nations,
To bring peace among brothers,
To make music in the heart.
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/monkeymind/2020/12/a-christmas-eve-meditation-2.html
Nice find @lobster, I like it.
** “ I made my home west of the Sha
Where water fills Sky Lake
And the moon fills the river
People are frightened when they see the heights
But once they arrive they know the trail
Dried snail shells on rock walls
Fresh tiger tracks in the mud
My door stays open
When spring days grow long
When paulownias bloom and cicadas call **“
~ Stonehouse (1272-1352
I am a link in Lord Buddha’s golden chain of love that stretches around the world.
I must keep my link bright and strong.
I will try to be kind and gentle to every living thing, and protect all who are weaker than myself
I will try to think pure and beautiful thoughts, to say pure and beautiful words, and to do pure and beautiful deeds, knowing that on what I do now depends my happiness and misery.
May every link in Lord Buddha’s golden chain of love become bright and strong and may we all attain perfect peace
http://web.mit.edu/stclair/www/goldenchain.html
There comes a time when the storms and calms
in a teacup
stir into each other
and we are the teacup in the I
of the storm
Don't stir
Settle the spin ...
Galatians 5:22-25 (KJV)
“We gently caress you, the Earth, our planet and our home.
Our vision has brought us closer to you, making us aware of the harm we have done to the life-network upon which we ourselves depend.
We are reminded that we have poisoned your waters, your lands, your air.
We have filled you with the bones of our dead from war and greed.
Your pain is our pain.
Touching you gently, we pray that we may become peace-bringers and life-bringers so that our home in its journey around the Sun not become a sterile and lonely place.
May this prayer and its power last forever."
https://buddhapowerstore.com/blogs/buddhism/3-popular-buddhist-prayers
all around you are jewels. you, yourself are a priceless gem.
If we are peaceful,
If we are happy,
We can smile and blossom like a flower.
And everyone in our family,
Our entire society,
Will benefit
From our peace.
With every breath I take today,
I vow to be awake;
And every step I take,
I vow to take with a grateful heart.
So I may see with eyes of love
Into the hearts of all I meet,
To ease their burden when I can
And touch them with a smile of peace.
Here is the great Earth,
Filled with the smell of incense,
Covered with a blanket of flowers,
The Great Mountain, the Four Continents,
Wearing a jewel of the Sun and Moon.
In my mind I make them the Paradise of a Buddha,
And offer it all to You.
By this deed, may every living being
Experience the Pure World.
I thought this an important blessing to share. I hope it doesn't violate any community standards about monkfarts. _/_
Then spring now autumn,
the four seasons revolve.
Then young now old,
you see the hair turn white.
Then wealthy and nobility,
now a long dream.
Years and months go by,
Carrying ten thousand pecks of sorrow.
In the path of suffering,
The wheel of rebirth rolls endlessly.
In the river of passion,
We swim like bubbles
forming and popping.
Now coming to the right place
To learn the Way,
Why don’t you touch your nose?
See that this is your very good
Chance of a million lifetimes.
~ Tue Trung Thuong Si (1230-1291)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuệ_Trung
Namo Amitabha Buddha
Namo Amitabha Buddha
Namo Amitabha Buddha
May the blessings of love be upon you
May its peace abide with you
May its essence illuminate your heart
Now and forever more...
https://friendsofsilence.net/quote/source/sufi-blessing-love-and-peace
NAMO BUDDHAYA!
NAMO BUDDHAYA!
NAMO BUDDHAYA!
AH AH AH AH AH
http://www.dzogchenlineage.org/peace_prayer.html
Yesterday was difficult. First NoBell ding dong Truly Dukkhaing . And so … to curly wurly …
The Blessed Smile
Be Happy. Smiling Meditation. Buddha Mona Lisa style.
https://www.pursuit-of-happiness.org/history-of-happiness/buddha/
Buddha Bless Us, Every One
For us mere mortals, bearing up under difficult circumstances is a worthwhile thing, if only to set the good example. It is good to see that crustaceans also keep up the habit.
Enter the stream
With all good intents and empowerment
With all who are blessed and a blessing
May you sense your well being, increase in fortune
Increase in virtue, giving, service, power to transform
Increase in sense, in protection, in friendship
Make it so
Eh Ma Ho
2022 Blessing
Here is a working blessing
https://www.snsociety.org/the-seven-stages-of-meditation/