Daily Signet

One day when I felt about to buckle under the weight of life, I picked up a small book I had not got around to opening. It contained a series of lectures by Vietnamese Buddhist monk and teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh. From him came my help. He did not “give over his life, or engage in sweaty combat.” He said he just “took refuge.” Every morning he said, “I take refuge in the Buddha. I take refuge in Dharma. I take refuge in the Sangha (his spiritual community)." That’s all. Rather than giving or wrestling his life away, he draws himself a home.

So now, when I awake, I say, “I take refuge in God. I take refuge in Christuman. I take refuge in my spiritual community.” For I have never known anything to be as worthy of my trust as Christuman, as God, as you people here. Together we create the Pure Land, our true home.       

Donna Piper Leichtling