Thank you Shaun for your response and offering Thay's gatha. When we begin to feel the sacredness of all life running through us each moment it's buoyant, beautiful, and liberating. Bows, Rev. Shoren
Thank you, Shaun, for your comment and interest. It's difficult to remember when we're in the midst of activity that each moment is in itself its own fruition and not preparation for the next moment. Although each moment of consciousness affects the "next" moment and so on, when we can drop our ideas about the effort in the moment leading to some great outcome in the future, we are wholeheartedly just cleaning our feet. Bows.
9. “Scrub your feet with no thought of keeping them clean.” Your teaching here brought this to mind from a book of versus by Thich Nhat Hanh:
Washing the dishes
is like bathing a baby Buddha.
The profane is the sacred.
Everyday mind it Buddha mind.
Thank you for Zen in Ten /\
Thank you Shaun for your response and offering Thay's gatha. When we begin to feel the sacredness of all life running through us each moment it's buoyant, beautiful, and liberating. Bows, Rev. Shoren
Thank you Rev. Shoren. This is wonderful. Bows, Shaun
Thank you, Shaun, for your comment and interest. It's difficult to remember when we're in the midst of activity that each moment is in itself its own fruition and not preparation for the next moment. Although each moment of consciousness affects the "next" moment and so on, when we can drop our ideas about the effort in the moment leading to some great outcome in the future, we are wholeheartedly just cleaning our feet. Bows.
I really appreciate your words expressing it like this, Rev. Shoren.
Deep bows,
Shaun
Hi Shaun, please forgive my delayed response to your comment. Thank you for reading the Spark! And please keep reading and sharing. Bows!