Well =96 it is cool and cloudy this morning. The brief experience of summer
in November has given way to a more typical November day. The Flatirons are
barely visible behind a foggy/cloudy haze. Among some Native American
peoples, fog is said to be associated with a thinning veil between the
physical and spirit worlds. The Flatirons by the by -- are large rock
structures along the front range -- ancient pre-cursors to the Rocky
Mountains that were pushed up when the current "new" Rockies were formed. =
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It feels like it could snow-probably is in the mountains . is it snowing
up
their John? I am imagining you with another warm fire burning. For myself I
have a long day ahead =96 work until five or so and then a class on
"Culture/Nature Partnership" till 9:00 pm.
My offering for today is based on the Buddhist Heart Sutra maybe someone
could post the Heart Sutra??
Mantra from the Heart Sutra =
Om Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha=20
This mantra translated says:=20
"...gone, gone, gone beyond, completely gone. =85The meaning is 'given up,
completely unmasked, naked, completely open.' Svaha is a traditional ending
for mantras which means, 'Sobeit.'(1) =20
'Gone, gone, gone beyond, completely exposed, awake, sobeit." (2)
Nalanda Translation Committee, from fresco in Gegye Chemaling, Samye vihara,
excerpted.(1)
Trungpa, Chogyam, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, p 199.(2)
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A sutra created for environmental activists:
Therefore an environmental activist should think and act in this way:
Think and act both globally and locally, Global thinking is local
thinking, global thinking is no other than local thinking. Local action is
global action, local actions are no other than global action. There is no
global, no local, no thinking, no non-thinking, no action, no non action, no
activists, no non-activists, no right view, no wrong view, no beginning of
struggle and no end of struggle. Therefore since environmental activists
have no accomplishments they abide by means of skillful action. Since there
are no final outcomes they do not burn out. They transcend ends and means
and work simply for the benefit of all.
Mark Wilding | 2130 Arapahoe Ave. =20
The Naropa Institute | Boulder, CO 80302-6697
Environmental Studies | Tel (303) 546-3550
mwilding@naropa.edu | Fax (303) 444-0410