[The bell sounds.]
Plum Village
French Retreat 2014
with Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh
Questions and Answers
Dharma Cloud Temple, Upper Hamlet April 10, 2014
[The bell is awoken.]
Breathing in, I see the element of air in me.
I also see the element of water in me.
I see also the element of earth in me.
I see the clouds, the snow, the rain, the rivers in me.
I see the atmospheric layer of the earth.
I see the wind and the forests in me.
I see the mountains and the oceans in me.
I see Mother Earth in me.
Breathing out, I smile to Mother Earth in me.
I am one with Mother Earth,
the most beautiful planet of this galaxy.
Mother Earth in me,
I smile to the most beautiful planet of this galaxy.
[The bell is invited.]
Breathing in, I see the element of light in me.
I am made of light, of sun.
I see our luminary as an infinite source of nourishment.
Every moment, I consume the sun.
Just like the Buddha Shakyamuni,
I am a child of Father Sun.
I am the Buddha Amitabha,
Buddha of Infinite Light.
I am the Buddha Amitayus,
the Buddha of Infinite Longevity.
Breathing out, I smile to the sun in me.
I am the sun.
I am a star,
one of the biggest stars of this galaxy.
I am a child of the sun.
I am a star.
[The bell is invited.]
Breathing in, I see all my ancestors in me:
mineral ancestors, plant ancestors,
animal ancestors and human ancestors.
My ancestors are always alive
in every cell of my body.
i participate in their immortality.
Breathing out, I smile to the cloud in my tea.
A cloud never dies.
A cloud can become snow or rain,
but it never dies.
I participate in the immortality of clouds.
I am my ancestors.
I participate in the immortality of my ancestors, genetic and spiritual.
[The bell is invited to sound.]
Breathing in, I see the stars and the galaxies in me.
I am the consciousness that manifests itself in the cosmos.
I am made of stars and galaxies.
Breathing out, I smile to the stars in me.
I participate in the immortality of the clouds, the rain, the stars and the cosmos.
I am the stars.
I smile to the immortality of the stars.
[The bell is invited to sound.]
Breathing in, I see that nothing is created,
nothing is lost, and everything transforms.
I see the no birth and no death nature of matter and energy.
I see that birth, death, being, and non-being are only ideas.
Breathing out, I smile to my true nature
of no birth and no death.
I am free of being and non-being.
There is no death. There is no fear.
I touch nirvana -- my true nature of no birth and no death.
Nothing is created, nothing is lost.
I am free of being and non-being.
[The bell is invited to sound.]
[The bell is invited to sound two times.]
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