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…just as I was about to buckle under the weight of it all, I picked up a small book I’d bought quiteawhile before, but had never opened. I sat down and began to read 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 sweat combat. He said he just “took refuge.”

Every morning he said, “I take refuge in 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 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 Leichtling

On This Day…

Vachel Lindsay born in 1879 in Springfield, Massachusetts: poet known for Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight, A Handy Guide for Beggars and The Art of the Moving Picture. Died 12-5-31
Quotes: “To live in mankind is far more than to live in a name.” “Except the Christ be born again tonight in dreams of all men, saints and sons of shame, the world will never see his kingdom bright.” “Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.”