In Praise of Mother Earth, Written by Thich Nhat Hanh

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

Poem title: In Praise of Mother Earth
Written by Thich Nhat Hanh

My favorite poem, written by Thich Nhat Hanh. I have learned so much from this most beautiful poem…
Promise me,
promise me this day,
promise me now,
while the sun is overhead
exactly at the zenith,
promise me:

Even as they
strike you down
with a mountain of hatred and violence;
even as they step on you and crush you
like a worm,
even as they dismember and disembowel you,
remember, brother,
remember:
man is not our enemy.

The only thing worthy of you is compassion –
invincible, limitless, unconditional.
Hatred will never let you face
the beast in man.

One day, when you face this beast alone,
with your courage intact, your eyes kind,
untroubled
(even as no one sees them),
out of your smile
will bloom a flower.
And those who love you
will behold you
across ten thousand worlds of birth and dying.

Alone again,
I will go on with bent head,
knowing that love has become eternal.
On the long, rough road,
the sun and the moon
will continue to shine.

Poem title: Recommendation
By Thich Nhat Hanh – 1965

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Reputation is what others think of us; character is what God knows of us. When you have spent what feels like eternity trying to repair a few moments of time that destroyed the view others once had of you then you must ask yourself if you have the problem or is it really them? God doesn’t make us try so hard, only enemies do. ― Shannon L. Alder

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FRIENDSHIP is just like Water
No Color
No Shape
No Place
No Size
No Money
No Rich
No Poor
But still essential for living & forever…

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Relationship is the rainbow between two hearts sharing
seven colors of feelings, love, sadness, happiness, truth,
faith, secret and respect. ~ Unknown    Link to Google+

A pure and genuine smile can chase all the troubles away. If it does not work, that means your smile is not yet pure and genuine. So keep smiling till all your problems run away without returning. After all, life is too short to think too much, about anything. One breath at a time is good enough. If you do well today, you will do well tomorrow. ‘Today’ is the Mother of  ‘Tomorrow’. So be a good ‘Mother’ so your ‘Future’ child can live in peace. ~Jendhamuni  Link to Google+

FRIENDSHIP is just like Water
No Color
No Shape
No Place
No Size
No Money
No Rich
No Poor
But still essential for living & forever…

~sms4smile

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