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Ode to Deer Park
This poem, inspired by Elizabeth Barret Browning, is a gift of thanks to the Sangha.
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This poem, inspired by Elizabeth Barret Browning, is a gift of thanks to the Sangha.
将你的收件箱变成法门
订阅我们的Coyote Tracks Substack通讯，接收鹿苑僧侣的活动公告、写作、艺术、音乐和冥想内容。
Dear Sangha
On this holy land
Thay’s words vibrate through me in reverence
of my impermanence
In this silent walk
I feel the earth beneath me
Yet, my past and my future
at times
show up alongside me
nudging me for attention
I breath in
and
breath out
Thay’s calm is the squeeze in my hand that reminds me
to feel the compacted layered earth to its core
to stay tuned
to the ground under my carrying feet
feeling
the lifting and setting down each step
with the same purpose
not to carry me away
but to keep bringing me back to the here
and to the now
I breath in and breath out
In harmony with Thay’s practice of writing love letters to share gratitude, love, and peace with those around him, we asked practitioners to submit love letters to Deer Park describing what it means to them.
If you would like to submit your own Love Letter to Deer Park, please email us at loveletters@deerparkmonastery.org. We love receiving your writings, poetry, and photos. Please include your name and Dharma name if you have one.
无论您身在何处，都可以随身携带鹿苑寺和梅村社区。梅村应用程序旨在通过引导冥想、深度放松、修行诗歌、正念钟声和其他修行方式，通过移动设备培养正念、慈悲和喜悦。
