Saturday, May 8, 2010

unmistaken child


may all

be blessed with peace always;

all creatures weak or strong,

all creatures great and small;

creatures unseen or seen

dwelling afar or near,

born or awaiting birth,

may all be blessed with peace!

. . . as with her own life

a mother shields from hurting her own,

her only child,

let all-embracing thoughts

for all that lives be thine,

an all-embracing love

for all the universe.

from the Nipata Sutra


Happy Mother’s Day

11 comments:

  1. happy mother's day.
    and thank you for the poem.
    it's very beautiful.

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  2. A very beautiful poem indeed. We got the family together today and our daughters were kind to their Mother with gifts and helping around the kitchen as i manned the BBQ grill. A nice day with family.

    Peace.

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  3. I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day :-)

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  4. Successor or not - that boy looks serene (and cute too).

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  5. oh and I should tell you I have an award for you to prove it :)

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  6. gary - It's an amazing movie and worth watching if only for the visuals.

    liberality - ♥ too and thank you :-)

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