I'm curious about responses to this prayer someone sent me. I'm not really familiar with Buddhism, but I've never seen a prayer quite like this one.
My guess is, it will rankle quite a few people.
To those who withhold refuge,
I cradle you in safety at the core of my Being.
To those that cause a child to cry out,
I grant you the freedom to express your own choked agony.
To those that inflict terror,
I remind you that you shine with the purity of a thousand suns.
To those who would confine, suppress, or deny,
I offer the limitless expanse of the sky.
To those who need to cut, slash, or burn,
I remind you of the invincibility of Spring.
To those who cling and grasp,
I promise more abundance than you could ever hold onto.
To those who vent their rage on small children,
I return to you your deepest innocence.
To those who must frighten into submission,
I hold you in the bosom of your original mother.
To those who cause agony to others,
I give the gift of free flowing tears.
To those that deny another's right to be,
I remind you that the angels sang in celebration of you on the day of your
birth.
To those who see only division and separateness,
I remind you that a part is born only by bisecting a whole.
For those who have forgotten the tender mercy of a mother's embrace,
I send a gentle breeze to caress your brow.
To those who still feel somehow incomplete,
I offer the perfect sanctity of this very moment.
2007-07-05 09:03:19 · 13 answers · asked by ? 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The root of Buddhist teaching is that resistance is the source of all suffering. This prayer speaks to the resistance people have to their own pain and how some respond to that by displacing their suffering onto others. And that tyranny will not be eliminated by force, but by taking care of each other.
2007-07-05 09:32:56 · answer #1 · answered by The angels have the phone box. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Quan Yin is the Chinese goddess of compassion and mercy.
This prayer expresses her capacity to grant these gifts, or boons, to everyone, no matter the depth of abuse or despair.
To have a prayer like this gives one a place to start, because at the end of the day, it is only really you who can grant these gifts to you. And that is the point - to help you to get there.
If each of us felt all of these qualities deep within ourselves, as belonging to us, and rightfully ours, disharmony would cease.
It is a very different approach than to labor under the assumption that you are born doomed (sin)
2007-07-05 18:18:23 · answer #2 · answered by cosmicshaktifire? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Like so many Buddhist scriptures this is aimed at a level of the mind below, (or above if you prefer), the intellect.
Try sitting quietly and saying it slowly - but without trying to make sense of the words. Just listen to the sound of your voice as you quietly repeat the verse.
Thankyou for posting this piece.
2007-07-05 16:58:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus loves the sinners more than the just.
He came to die for them.
2007-07-05 16:09:54 · answer #4 · answered by carl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think no matter who said it, it's was very thought provoking. Maybe we can all learn from it. blessed be.
2007-07-05 16:22:05 · answer #5 · answered by salmonbear 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Very touching, my life is now changed completely.
2007-07-05 16:07:48 · answer #6 · answered by PoseidenNeptuneReturns 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's lovely.
2007-07-05 16:11:36 · answer #7 · answered by parcequilfaut 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's beautiful, man.
2007-07-05 16:07:37 · answer #8 · answered by doomsday_patriot 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very interesting...
2007-07-05 16:10:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
How nice. I'm not sure what to think. I guess it wasn't very thought provoking.
2007-07-05 16:07:47 · answer #10 · answered by Teaholic 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋