Raindrops make me think of flowers, which brings to mind this passage from the Sufi poet Rumi:
"Lord, the air smells good today, straight from the mysteries within the inner courts of God. A grace like new clothes thrown across the garden, free medicine for everybody. The trees in their prayer, the birds in praise, the first blue violets kneeling. Whatever came from Being is caught up in being, drunkenly forgetting the way back."
I am Brian Vaugh, sometimes called Rev. Brian Vaugh, or Rev. BanYa Sunim. I am currently the Vice Abbot and leader of the English speaking Sangha at the New Hartford Buddhist Temple.
From a eclectic religious and spiritual background I find Buddhism as it is being created and discovered in the United States a neutral medium to fill a spiritual vacume.
My role as leader is to encourage seekers to wake up to find they are already that which they seek.
Our meditation group meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Monday of every month .
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3 comments:
Raindrops make me think of flowers, which brings to mind this passage from the Sufi poet Rumi:
"Lord, the air smells good today,
straight from the mysteries
within the inner courts of God.
A grace like new clothes thrown
across the garden, free medicine for everybody.
The trees in their prayer, the birds in praise,
the first blue violets kneeling.
Whatever came from Being is caught up in being, drunkenly
forgetting the way back."
Thanks, I guess I like the line that says "forgetting the way back"
that is what the rain drop does.
Geez...I got so caught up in the middle I hardly noticed the last line. Thanks. It's a good thing to remember to do--forget the way back.
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