[Thespiritexpress] Thich Nhat Hanh

[Ken Rich]

Thanks for sharing this with us all, Roz. What a beautiful idea, to offer forgiveness as a way to honor/express him

Davíd

> On Oct 6, 2020, at 15:10, Yasskin Marc via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Roz for passing this on to us ~ what a beloved soul/guide/friend he has been.
> He’s always touched me so deeply with his beautiful humble ways ~ 
> for most of us ~ having come into our lives at another very crucial time ~ ( Vietnam ).
>  ~m. 🙏🌟
> 
> Do not say that I’ll depart tomorrow ~ 
> even today I still arrive.
> 
> Look deeply: every second I am arriving
> to be a bud on a Spring branch
> to be a tiny bird in my new nest
> to be a caterpillar in the heart of a flower
> to be a jewel hiding onto a stone.
> 
> I still arrive 
> in order to laugh and cry
> to fear and to hope.
> 
> The rhythm of my heart
> is the birth and death
> of all that is alive.
> 
> Thich Nhat Hanh
> 
> 
> 
>>> On Oct 6, 2020, at 8:21 AM, Roz via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> From Thich Nhat Hanh's Sangha:
>> 
>> 
>> Dear Sangha, there is word beloved teacher Thich Nhat Hanh has stopped
>> eating. There are a number of his monks traveling to him now in Vietnam to
>> be in his presence. Thay has been incredibly strong and vibrant following
>> his stroke in 2014 and he will mark 94 years on October 11. A report from
>> Plum Village on Sept 18th stated his health has been declining despite the
>> best of care.
>> Please join me and others in meditation for Thay. Plum Village has
>> requested we sit or walk for Thay and offer forgiveness to others as a way
>> to continue Thay's energy of peace. If we can sit and generate compassion
>> for others and forgiveness we increase the being and the legacy of Thay.
>> Thay taught us the next Buddha may be the sangha. Perhaps our mindful
>> thoughts and actions now for him will bring that closer and help him to
>> touch more lives than ever as he ends this incarnation.
>> May Thay be peaceful now in his root temple and feel the love and
>> gratitude from all over the world. 🙏
>> 
>> 
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