We need joy as we need air.

We need love as we need water.

We need each other as we need the earth we share.

~ Maya Angelou ~

yes, we the beloved community need each other and belong to each other eternally in the deep peace of of our one heart…

we all be longing to come home to our one heart

 to awaken and re-member our original space of belonging

where mother waters sing to us of our true nature

one body, one mind, one heartbeat, one spirit

welcome home to our belonging circle

welcome home to our ocean of love

~

today’s pilgrimage reflects the walking of this talk as our sangha comes together for an annual feast celebrating the treasure of the sangha, the communion, on how precious we are to and for each other, ourselves and the world…

in closing, let us chant the Dalai Lama’s Vow and Four Great Bodhisattva Vows…

For as long as space endures

And for as long as living beings remain

So then may I too abide

To dispel the misery of the world.

~

Beings are numberless, I vow to free them

Delusions are inexhaustible, I vow to end them

Dharma gates are boundless, I vow to enter them

The Buddha Way is unsurpassable, I vow to embody it