[Thespiritexpress] Thich Nhat Hanh

[Jacquie Robb]

Ashtabula. 

Love, Jacquie


> On Oct 6, 2020, at 7:01 PM, Ken Rich via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
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> 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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