Gathas

[ChrisA]

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You already have so many good ones! I'm still working on my first...!

[Nindo]

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This is a great thread!
Here is my favourite short meal gatha adapted from ZMM:

We receive this food
in gratitude to all beings who helped to bring it to our table
and vow in turn to respond to those in need
with wisdom and compassion.

[Dokan]

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This is a great thread!
Here is my favourite short meal gatha adapted from ZMM:

We receive this food
in gratitude to all beings who helped to bring it to our table
and vow in turn to respond to those in need
with wisdom and compassion.

Ditto! This is the one we say at dinner together...of course my 2 y/o just mumbles it...then again, I suppose all our utterances are just mumbles.

G,

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[Taylor]

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You already have so many good ones! I'm still working on my first...!

And you'll never stop :wink:

Biking around town
I vow with all beings
To always pass on the left
Because we can never be sure what's right

*ba dum chhhhhhhhhhh*

[Seiryu]

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You already have so many good ones! I'm still working on my first...!

And you'll never stop :wink:

Biking around town
I vow with all beings
To always pass on the left
Because we can never be sure what's right

*ba dum chhhhhhhhhhh*

:mrgreen:

Clever

Gassho

Seiryu

[ChrisA]

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OK, #1, inspired by the latest Zen Seeds pieces on "We Are All Related" and "Selfless Religious Practice":

When my attention is disrupted by another
I vow with all beings
To respond "Yes," selflessly and immediately
Recognizing the water’s flow as life.

[Al]

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OK, #1, inspired by the latest Zen Seeds pieces on "We Are All Related" and "Selfless Religious Practice":

When my attention is disrupted by another
I vow with all beings
To respond "Yes," selflessly and immediately
Recognizing the water’s flow as life.

This is awesome Chris. _/_

[ChrisA]

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Phew: two meetings today that could have degenerated into painful, messy conflicts. Instead of plunging into the abyss of everything that's bad about our racist, classist society, we managed to just talk. Got me thinking about another gatha:

When conflict appears imminent and inevitable
I vow with all beings
To sit, be still, and listen,
Because we're all near the edge of the roof.

Apologies to Rumi.

[Engyo]

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in the midst of the storm
when the eight winds buffet me
i vow with all beings
to stand firm
one fart at a time

Gassho,
Engyo

[ChrisA]

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:lol: Yeah, when you're keeping the buttocks firm, sometimes, well.....

[Al]

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Strumming the ukulele
I vow with all beings
to remember the hollow is just as important
as the strings, the metal and the wood.

[Ankai]

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Signing onto Treeleaf today,
I vow to see each poster as a teacher,
Each member as a friend and brother or sister,
Each difference as a new facet of a great jewel.

[Shohei]

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Signing onto Treeleaf today,
I vow to see each poster as a teacher,
Each member as a friend and brother or sister,
Each difference as a new facet of a great jewel.

YOINK!

(thats the sound of me swiping this and some other goodies)

I Vow to thank you all,
However possible, when ever possible
for the immeasurable benefit found with you all!

Gassho
Shohei

[Amelia]

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I vow with all beings
To leave every room
Cleaner than I found it

[Hoyu]

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Hi All,

This one was inspired by a recent family outing.....

Eating my way through the State Fair
I vow with all beings
To always strive to maintain a fair state of mind by avoiding the hungers of delusion