Good afternoon dear friends<\/p>\n
In these difficult times sitting, walking and studying the Dharma in community \u2013 even virtual community \u2013 can help us maintain our breath. Even if we can manifest deep mindful breaths for one minute at a time, that will help.<\/p>\n
This week we have an opportunity to practice the Ceremony to Recite the Five Mindfulness Trainings<\/strong>. In the following weeks we will complete our viewing of Sr Annabel\u2019s talk and then carry on with a focus on practice songs and what we can learn from them. <\/p>\n For Thursday, if at all possible, please have the text of the Five Mindfulness Trainings<\/strong> with you (available at http:\/\/wavesandwater.org\/site\/practice\/five-mindfulness-trainings\/ ) so that you can participate in the recitation. <\/p>\n The Zoom link and meeting ID remains the same and can be found at : http:\/\/wavesandwater.org\/site\/sangha\/about\/thursday\/ <\/p>\n We hope you can join us. And, here is an offering – a poem by our OI brother Dzung Vo<\/strong> who practices with the Vancouver Mindfulness Community:<\/p>\n i can\u2019t breathe i can\u2019t breathe i can\u2019t breathe i can\u2019t breathe i can\u2019t breathe i can\u2019t breathe breathe my dear breathe my dear breathe my dear when it seems so hard just to breathe With permission….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Good afternoon dear friends In these difficult times sitting, walking and studying the Dharma in community \u2013 even virtual community \u2013 can help us maintain our breath. Even if we can manifest deep mindful breaths for one minute at a … Continue reading
\nsaid George Floyd
\nthe knee of four hundred years of racism
\non his neck<\/p>\n
\nsaid the woman with fear
\nin her eyes
\nher lungs attacked by coronavirus
\nas she was put onto the ventilator<\/p>\n
\nsaid the nurse, exhausted
\nafter a long shift
\nsweating under a hot surgical mask
\nand foggy goggles<\/p>\n
\nsaid the young man
\npoisoned by a toxic drug supply
\nand generations of trauma and loss<\/p>\n
\nsaid the one hundred thousand
\ndead americans
\na nation and a world in mourning<\/p>\n
\nsaid cities choked in smoke
\nfrom a planet on fire<\/p>\n
\nsaid the buddha of our time
\nreminding us of the way
\nto love and healing and transformation<\/p>\n
\nsaid the beloved community
\ngrieving
\nand waking up together<\/p>\n
\nsaid mother earth
\nand let my oceans, mountains,
\nand forests embrace you
\nright now<\/p>\n
\nright now
\njust breathe<\/p>\n