#namuamidabutsu — Public Fediverse posts

I didn’t sleep well last night and felt like a zombie at school today. Since I start my block weekend shift tomorrow morning, I think an early night is in the cards.

I am already thinking of my husband’s soda bread (whole wheat) for breakfast- maybe that will make for some pleasant dreams!

But something else is happening this evening as I relax and hear the birds calling.

I feel moved this evening to entrust in WisdomCompassion / infinite LightLife as my mind seemed to shift and remember the practice at the Jōdo Shinshū #Buddhist temple. I am #grateful for this. Grasped, never to be abandoned, like a mother holding her only child, I am held, and without much emotion, am thankful for the movement of WisdomCompassion toward me.

#NamuAmidaButsu #南無阿彌陀佛

https://gassho.info/blog-page/namu-amida-butsu/

Ok. I think I may be over my re-immersion into Catholic/Christian liturgical fascination. Lent/Easter, the death of Francis and the election of Leo all served to rekindle some sensory experiences (though in the end it would have been the beautiful Anglo-Catholic liturgy from places such as St Barts in London that appealed most). I still feel a kindred spirit when I visit ancient ruined churches here in Ireland and face East in line with the monks and nuns who inhabited these places, but I read and listened to some talks on dependent origination yesterday and my Buddhist leanings are re-emerging. It just seems to work for me.

Everything is connection, everything is flux, pay attention.

#NamuAmidaButsu

#Buddhism #Christianity #Catholicism #Liturgy

„Warum hat der Papst einen dunklen Fleck im Gesicht?“
Das nennt sich Leichenflecken/Totenflecken (Livores mortis). Neben der Leichenstarre (temporär) sind sie definitive Indikatoren für das Ableben von Lebewesen.

Übrigens, meiner Meinung nach sollte man die Verstorbenen nicht so lange ausstellen, bis sie grau werden. Ich glaube nicht, dass in so etwas viel Pietät steckt. #meinung

Andererseits bin ich kein Katholik, was weiß ich schon. 🤷 #NamuAmidaButsu

Might be time to reread Hōjōki yet again since we seemed to be stuck in “interesting times” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%8Dj%C5%8Dki #InterestingTimes #Shitstorm #Impermanence #NamuAmidaButsu