Good morning dear friends,
Tomorrow – Thursday – we will continue with our exploration of socially-engaged Buddhism by offering the Ceremony to Support the Sick. This is such a deep and lovely service! Throughout, we see the ways in which our chanting and recitation brings us back to our hearts.
We will dedicate this Ceremony not only to our beloved ones,
but to all those who require support in the face of sickness, of deep dis-ease and ill-being.
Remembering those who are suffering through ill-health, old age, death and loss.
Remembering those who are suffering through the consequences of their actions.
Those who are suffering through violence perpetrated against them.
Their families, their friends, their communities, their race – sick at heart for what they experience day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, decade after decade, century after century.
Those who are suffering because of the pain of witnessing and not knowing how to respond.
Those who are suffering because they cannot see the consequences of the violence they perpetrate against others and thus against themselves.
Those who are suffering because they have turned away to escape the suffering of others.
Smiling, Bethan
