Buddhism and the Environment
With the fires burning up and down the Central Coast the smoke and ashes are touching down in my yard reminding me of how much is being lost....
Today finds me reading Daido Loori's instruction on the Ninth Great Precept...Actualize Harmony-Do not be angry.... and the environment.
By being patient we will find that the things we think get in the way are not really in the way. By allowing the natural cycle to be, we avoid unnecesary grief.
A story he tells is about how the previous owner of the monastary's property had eliminated all the beavers because they were eating all the trees. When Daido and his group moved in two new beavers showed up and they resumed the feast...including a special weeping willow planted by his students for Daido to sit under in his old age.
With the stream blocked, a pond formed, fish and ducks came. This brought the fox and the osprey and and a new environment came to life...after a while the beaver moved on, the dam fell apart. The pond disappeared and the trees grew back ( for the time being)...including his beautiful willow..
Nature knows how to maintain itself, creating and defining over and over.....
Peace
Today finds me reading Daido Loori's instruction on the Ninth Great Precept...Actualize Harmony-Do not be angry.... and the environment.
By being patient we will find that the things we think get in the way are not really in the way. By allowing the natural cycle to be, we avoid unnecesary grief.
A story he tells is about how the previous owner of the monastary's property had eliminated all the beavers because they were eating all the trees. When Daido and his group moved in two new beavers showed up and they resumed the feast...including a special weeping willow planted by his students for Daido to sit under in his old age.
With the stream blocked, a pond formed, fish and ducks came. This brought the fox and the osprey and and a new environment came to life...after a while the beaver moved on, the dam fell apart. The pond disappeared and the trees grew back ( for the time being)...including his beautiful willow..
Nature knows how to maintain itself, creating and defining over and over.....
Peace
