tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post694652389098375817..comments2023-09-21T09:49:28.326-07:00Comments on Fierce Dandelions: Reflections on a Buddhist EnvironmentalismNathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-43386945800975004792010-11-26T16:24:50.402-08:002010-11-26T16:24:50.402-08:00Daigu,
Thanks for sharing about your tree. I have...Daigu,<br /><br />Thanks for sharing about your tree. I have had a few of those trees in my life. As a child, a large cottonwood behind my grandparent's house, which I wrote a little about recently. And there's a weedy tree - species I'm not sure- behind my mother's house that started growing maybe a decade ago in the middle of my garden area. I thought about taking it out, and Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-44131989198321685082010-11-26T15:55:57.149-08:002010-11-26T15:55:57.149-08:00Nathan, I come from Sweden, a country of many tree...Nathan, I come from Sweden, a country of many trees. Forests are truly magical places in our old stories. Still I can identify with what you have to say about the lack of meaningful narratives telling of our connectedness to nature. That is to say, there are narratives, people just don't find them meaningful. <br /> Growing up there was an old maple tree outside my house. It had been there Andreashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129547380377962436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-74885095206789962132010-11-26T08:23:18.670-08:002010-11-26T08:23:18.670-08:00Christine,
Thanks for the comments. It's all ...Christine,<br /><br />Thanks for the comments. It's all sacred. No doubt. <br /><br />Panchenlama,<br /><br />Next time, comments about the post only - or be deleted. Thanks. <br /><br />NathanNathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-60705983573273241512010-11-26T02:16:38.978-08:002010-11-26T02:16:38.978-08:00Open Letter to the XIVth Dalai Lama
You know tha...Open Letter to the XIVth Dalai Lama <br /><br />You know that, according to the ancient Tibetan prophecy, you are the last Dalai Lama. You know that, according to the ancient Tibetan prophecy, in a Brazilian body would appear an incarnation of the Tathagata family. <br /><br />However, you obliterated the truth. <br /><br />What are the Fruits of the Life of a Buddhist Monk, a Bhikshu? To begin Panchenlamahttp://panchenlama.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-6350741909499237042010-11-25T16:13:55.433-08:002010-11-25T16:13:55.433-08:00Hi Nathan...Very nice post! "Remind people o...Hi Nathan...Very nice post! "Remind people of a sacredness beyond ourselves - the living, breathing reality that our ancestors lived on." I love this phrase...<br /><br />I love the idea of "ordaining trees" as well - but also to see *everything* - all of nature, the entire universe as sacred; of getting up each morning and bowing to the Sacred in everything. Something I'Mystic Meanderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746429719911446865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-42323528513173256392010-11-24T14:55:59.829-08:002010-11-24T14:55:59.829-08:00"I really like the idea of ordaining trees, a..."I really like the idea of ordaining trees, and I don't want to take anything away from that practice, but I think it would be nice if the monks that were ordaining trees would extend the same courtesy to women. ;)" <br /><br />I hear you on that one!Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-59717739982954113112010-11-24T13:04:13.510-08:002010-11-24T13:04:13.510-08:00What a wonderful post. Yes, a narrative about our ...What a wonderful post. Yes, a narrative about our most positive connections to trees needs to be firmly re-established and given new life. As you may know, I'm from Michigan originally, and the towns I lived in were built on the lumber industry. The entire state was nearly clear-cut before anyone interviened. Sad really. <br /><br /><br />I really like the idea of ordaining trees, and I don&#Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09688546442746669587noreply@blogger.com