-METTA SUTRA
Beautiful greetings to you on Valentines Day. May it be a day that
inspires loving awareness wherever you are. I am traveling in Upper
Burma with my partner Trudy, on pilgrimage with the foundation Partners Asia.
We have visited remote village projects for healthy children and
empowerment training for village women and preschools and caring
orphanages across Burma run by smiling and saintly pink robed nuns.
The
spirit of metta fills these places as it does the great temples across
the landscape, spreading like the perfume of jasmine and sandalwood. The
graciousness of the Burmese people shines even in situations of
poverty, and devotion to Dharma is apparent everywhere. Those we meet
are excited to know that Americans are also practicing metta and
mindfulness. They wish for Americans to have the same joy and benefit in
the Dharma which inspires them.
Let
this Valentines Day be one filled with metta, for those close and dear.
And with loving awareness pervading your mind and heart, spread good
will and well wishing to all that you touch. In this way you will find
happiness blossom on Valentines day, and plant the seeds of joy to come.
This is the path of awakening. Enjoy it!
Metta and blessings,
Jack
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