quietly sitting
I touch the ground-
space dust
When Mara challenged Siddhartha as saying the he the title of Buddha “enlightened one” belonged to him his minions shouted that they testified for Mara.
Mara asked Siddhartha who would witness for him he reached out his right hand touched the earth, then the earth itself spoke: “I bear you witness!”
At this Mara disappeared.
Siddhartha Gautama reached enlightenment and became a Buddha.
I think that Earth Day is an excellent time to think about how we all came from the Earth and will return to it one day. A step further is to remember the Earth formed from stardust and to it we all will return.
Therefore the universe can testify on our Buddha nature.
Wonderful for Earth Day! 🙂
My friend you always bring such joy, peace, serenity, love kindness and more every day into our lives So i have nominated you also for three blog Awards that i just received recently! Beautiful Blogger Award, VeryInspiring Blogger Award, and Sunshine award.. Congrats, i will be posting on my site in a little bit! You are deserving!
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