Yes, vegan doughnuts. Good, and good for you. The son of the family with whom I stayed here displays the doughnuts he had made early in the day. That’s a whale on his tee shirt.
In the past days I’ve met several people who have been working on their family history with a view to publishing either on the Internet or in book form. What a great legacy to leave behind for their future generations. One person has a journal written by a relative telling the story of his long walk up through California post gold rush. To have access to primary source material such as this is a real boon. Now with the Internet generations to come will be viewing relatives dancing with fire on You Tubes, and the modern doughnut and its maker here on ‘Jade’.
There is something here about the importance of ‘rootedness’. Of being part of a human clan from which to grow, mature and blossom.
This piece is for the doughnut maker and all that he will do and become. Have a good life.
Shakyamuni Buddha’s relics are not only the ashes and bones of his physical body, but also his teaching that has been passed down to us in the scriptures. In reciting this scripture, the heart raises up in faith and includes all things in gratitude.
This talk was given at Throssel last year. There is an introduction to ceremonial and scripture recitation as well as my thoughts on the Adoration of the Buddha’s Relics.
I may well be unable to making postings for the next ten days, on the other hand I may be able to continue, it just depends if I can get an internet connecting where I’ll be staying in rural Washington.
Gethsemani III / Monasticism and the Environment. All of the talks given at this gathering mentioned a few days ago can be downloaded as MP3 files. The following is a small part taken from the statement issued at the end of the conference.
We renew our commitment to the sacredness of the earth, relating to it as a community, not a commodity.
A monk from our Order gave a presentation titled, Monasticism vis-à-vis the consumer society: The Monastic Instinct to Revere, to Conserve, To Be Content with Little, and to Share.
Gassho to Urban Dharma for posting the material so briskly.
Practice Within The Order of Buddhist Contemplatives
