Peaceful Earth

July 21, 2013

Homage to you Refreshing Earth Bodhisattva
Mother of this world with its many species.
We want to turn to you with respect,
Beautiful green planet in the midst of the sky,
You who have given birth to countless species,
Produced so many wonders of life,
Loved in the ultimate sense of non-discrimination,
Embraced all species not barring a single one,
Loyal and reliable, tolerant and stable,
The mother who bears all species.
Countless bodhisattvas spring up
From your fresh green lap.
Mother you embrace and transform
Sweeping away the hatred of humans,
Creating new life day and night,
Helping the earth to bloom with the flowers of heaven.
You are open to thousands of other galaxies,
Sharing your joy with the trichiliocosm,
By seeing that your true nature is interdependence.
Conserving and protecting so that nothing is lost,
Not being, not nothing, not eternal, not annihilated,
Not the same, not different, not coming, not going.
Your love knows no limits,
Your virtues no shortcomings.
Your nature is the Four Immeasurable Minds
Like the four great oceans they never dry up.
Whenever spring returns you wear a new robe
Of red roses, the green willow, beautiful and fresh.
When summer comes the vegetation displays its bright colours, Wholesome seeds, sweet fruits are to be found everywhere.
How brilliant are the colours of the autumn forest
Until winter comes and snowflakes fill the sky.
The afternoon tide chants like the roll of thunder
The morning sunrise paints an incomparable picture,
Making visible all the splendours of the universe.
You are the most beautiful flower of the Solar System,
The wisdom that lights up the ten directions,
The mind that is open to all places.
Mother, you are the Paradise of the Present,
Making possible the future for all species.
We come back and take refuge in you,
With nothing to run after, accepting the unfavourable as also favourable, Seeing that you are always in us and
Seeing ourselves in you for all of time.
May we follow your good example,
And live every moment with true peace and joy.
Homage to the Refreshing Mother Earth Bodhisattva

~ Thay


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  2. Reply  

    Amr Zaki

    July 21, 2013

    OH Hello My Beautiful Friend  How Are You ?
    Beautiful Morning For You AND Your Family My Dear Friend –

  4. Reply  

    Ronnie Martin

    July 21, 2013

    Rings truth here its been raining all day, but a much needed rain. I hope your day is going well.

  10. Reply  

    Pieter Hibma

    July 21, 2013

    Good post, last day of the week for me. Best wishes.

  11. Reply  

    Akasha Byfield

    July 21, 2013

    I just wanted to tell you how beautiful you are you and your daughter you have a very very calm students so

  13. Reply  

    Sofie Løve Forsberg

    July 21, 2013

    This is so beautiful, dearest Jendhamuni. I'll share the text.
    Om Mani Padme Hum
    ♥

  33. Reply  

    vidya sagar

    July 21, 2013

    nice and excellent lines with beautiful capture u have presented sos. Thanks for sharing such lovely collection.

  34. Reply  

    anaya wright

    July 21, 2013

    Sometimes a picture can tell a story that u never knew

  37. Reply  

    sonia sahota

    July 21, 2013

    Dear Jendhamuni,
    This is really so loving,that touches my heart. Thanks.

  53. Reply  

    Maria Falcon

    July 21, 2013

    Thank you beautiful Mother Earth, for your wisdom I love you!

  72. Reply  

    Erlinda Lesigues

    July 22, 2013

    Wild red flower in the middle of swamp water, this nature is
    very interisting..

  124. Reply  

    Patricia Phillips

    July 22, 2013

    I love this photo wish I were smarter iin iinput
    And I could have wallpaper.

  125. Reply  

    Patricia Phillips

    July 22, 2013

    I love this photo wish I were smarter iin iinput
    And I could have wallpaper.

  152. Reply  

    cecilia rensleigh

    July 22, 2013

    I.love that its true my friend that's what keeps peace Cecilia lovely

  190. Reply  

    Sneha Reddy

    July 22, 2013

    Wish there was some wind to sway the flowers…

  202. Reply  

    Rhonda Hall

    July 22, 2013

    A beautiful poem,how I pray every human heart would look at this world as a bountiful gift our creator given to us, I hope our minds
    As well will focus in preserving this gift,so it will be here for generations for years to come,will be able to enjoy it too!!!!!

  208. Reply  

    kiera pennington

    July 22, 2013

    Wow what a beautiful,moving,full of meaning picture. It's true what they say a picture is worth a thousand words.

  221. Reply  

    Hannah Klikas

    July 22, 2013

    Its so beautiful i think its really cool its calming and relaxing i love it

  227. Reply  

    tasnim anzar

    July 22, 2013

    just like snow white !
    red looks so alive and beautiful !!

  230. Reply  

    nazir hussain

    July 22, 2013

    this types of wonderfull woods brought beautiful picture in your mind where nature still rules that makes usto go out for sight excursion

  239. Reply  

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    July 22, 2013

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  266. Reply  

    Anil kumar

    July 22, 2013

    welcomed the sentenced~bodhisatwa the mother of earth

  271. Reply  

    Juliana Lawrence

    July 22, 2013

    How do I share this with another person because I want to share it.

  291. Reply  

    Webster Siankondo

    July 22, 2013

    Truely we are living in diferent worlds. Surely a family of 4 enjoyng access to tap water whilst a bordin sch of 900 has no water not even dirty 1. And life must go on.

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    Marie Bartnick

    July 22, 2013

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  306. Reply  

    Tina Salcedo

    July 22, 2013

    What is this ???? False God worshipping!! Why do you mislead and deceive people to pay respect and homage to Mother Earth instead of the ONE who made this world and US?? There is only ONE GOD and that is Adonai our God in heaven, Creator of everything we see! Do not listen give any regard to this pagan worshipping g which has been going on for thousands of years! We all know about Jesus now.. HE died for us out of LOVE.. And now because of HIM, our only true GOD, he is our way to eternal life in paradise with our Father God. This Mother Earth worshipping will cast your souls in eternal hell. I love you all and want to warn you to listen to the ONE who loves you… Your God in heaven, dear creation of His. This earth was given for us to enjoy as a gift from our God… He is jealous for us and will punish all evil doers who mislead others into evil against Him. Worship and give homage and respect to our God of Jacob and Abraham ONLY. You will pay a huge price during this lifetime and after, if you deny the ONE who haste power to cast your soul into hell with Satan.. All his false god worshipping his from Satan don't you see? He made it because he loves religion to destroy and deceive all of us.

  308. Reply  

    Tina Salcedo

    July 22, 2013

    Yes, the photo is very beautiful.. Just enjoy it and give thanks to the real God for the beauty HE freely gives us to enjoy.

  326. Reply  

    bao giang tran

    July 22, 2013

    Beautiful… can you create this picture as motions wallpaper for Android?…anybody know how?

  328. Reply  

    Nohana Arlina

    July 22, 2013

    That looks like the paradise comes true into my life….!!

  337. Reply  

    shehu naime

    July 23, 2013

    hahahahaa e pra thash eve una 🙁 … zeletshem

  362. Reply  

    Rhonda Hall

    July 25, 2013

    Tina Salcedo if your faith is true,than you should have the understanding of hope in many forms,if its a message of light&
    Love, what is so wrong with it,and GODS SON spent 33 years
    Going to those who didn't believe,not to those who did,so if he can show tolerance to different people,why if as you say you follow him
    Can not do the same,my friend in the Lord,I don't come to you but
    In sincere love ,here something my old regular baptist grandmother told me,you will bring hearts to God faster with
    Love,but steal their hope in him faster by a word of thoughtless
    Judgement,let God judge us all Tina,and spend the time we have here making sure in his eyes you will be found worthy,much love
    My friend in the Lord!

  366. Reply  

    Tina Salcedo

    July 26, 2013

    Hello Rhonda… I did not criticize this young lady for the beautiful picture… neither did I agree with her to pay "homage" to Mother Earth… I am aware of this new age religion that is deceiving many people to pay homage to Mother Earth..Listen to Michael Youssef's teaching from Leading the Way, about this exact idolatry….

    I acknowledged the beauty of the photo.. but God, the ONE and ONLY will get my homage.. earth didn't make itself.. why should i pay homage to the earth when it couldn't have existed without the WORD being spoken? Judgement has nothing to do with this… perception is necessary in situations like this… as a  believer WHO truly loves God, His spirit in me shuttered when I saw words of  "worship" towards something that was created from Gods own hands. "I listen and see… He shows me these things.

  367. Reply  

    Tina Salcedo

    July 26, 2013

    Dear young lady who posted this beautiful photo… it was beautiful photo.. thank you very much…I researched this homage that you are paying to the Earth.. this is clearly idolatry.. worshipping anything  besides the one and only God who created us to love him and worship him only. God loves you and wants you to know that you should be worshipping Him only.

  368. Reply  

    Rhonda Hall

    July 26, 2013

    Tina I meant no disrespect or to question your faith,if you took my
    Words like that ,I m sorry,I just think that we should fight to preserve what The Lord given us,he did make us caretakers of his creation,so though we should never worship this world,we still should take better care of it and each other,for the very reason he made and given us this home,and he told us to love one another,
    Should we not adhere to God ,by taking of those things he made,
    And respect /NOT worship them,my friend in The Lord?

  369. Reply  

    Tina Salcedo

    July 26, 2013

    i agree we should take care of this world God gave us.. however; this is not what the young lady was stating… they worship mother earth and have intimate conversations with it.. make it their God.. it's their decision.. but my heart breaks to see people so lost that they cant see the GOD who created all the good for us. research this yourself Rhonda.. Google it and see it ALL… who will we please? there is so much distortion of Gods truth.. and people accept it constantly.. but when people truly speak Gods truth, people are offended because they don't want to ruin the peace. Jesus came with a double edge sword right? I can only say TRUTH every time someone speaks falseness. no compromise for my faith in God. I love people, true.. but i hate falseness and deception that destroys many souls. Love takes risks by saying truth. i love people and truth.

  371. Reply  

    Rhonda Hall

    July 27, 2013

    I love the lord,and believed since I was small ,so yes I understand
    But I believe in order to bring the light of truth to the blind,we must show them love,and with God wisdom guide them to him
    By letting them see him through us,and come to him!

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