... and Ayatollah Khamenei Buddha ...
... each placed upon our Buddhist Altar, offered incense and bows, with sincere hope for Wisdom and Compassion, with remembrance that Buddha Nature is everywhere, and in EVERYONE, even when hidden and hard to see in greed, anger and violence, and the ignorance of divided thinking, me vs. you, friend and enemy. May Peace and Light prevail.
Also, our "Heart Sutra" recitation today is the anti-war song "Zombie" by the Cranberries, remembering that the core message of the Sutra, Emptiness, encompasses both peace and war, the suffering children and other innocents who we do not ignore.
Our Sangha members attending included people from Serbia, Vietnam, Germany and the UK, Japan and the US, and our Ino Washin in Ukraine, all places that know war.
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Our Three Buddhas on our Altar today ...
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For those not familiar with the song ...
May Wisdom shine through ignorance, may Peace prevail. Please join us in this wish.
Gassho, J
stlah
... each placed upon our Buddhist Altar, offered incense and bows, with sincere hope for Wisdom and Compassion, with remembrance that Buddha Nature is everywhere, and in EVERYONE, even when hidden and hard to see in greed, anger and violence, and the ignorance of divided thinking, me vs. you, friend and enemy. May Peace and Light prevail.
Also, our "Heart Sutra" recitation today is the anti-war song "Zombie" by the Cranberries, remembering that the core message of the Sutra, Emptiness, encompasses both peace and war, the suffering children and other innocents who we do not ignore.
Our Sangha members attending included people from Serbia, Vietnam, Germany and the UK, Japan and the US, and our Ino Washin in Ukraine, all places that know war.
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Our Three Buddhas on our Altar today ...
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For those not familiar with the song ...
"Zombie" by The Cranberries is a 1994 protest song in response to an IRA bombing in Warrington, England, which killed two children. It condemns the violence ... specifically calling out the "mindless" actions of those who continue fighting with hate, extreme views and partisanship only "in your head." It decries the ongoing nature of a conflict that keeps producing "the same old theme" of violence, even in modern times. The "Zombies" are those who are seemingly consumed to march like machines by their ideology, unaffected by the destruction they cause to innocent lives, specifically children, as well as those who stand frozen and silent in the face of such violence. It also speaks of those who see others without care or as an enemy because not their own children and family.
Gassho, J
stlah