Nancy Hom present to us this mandala who honors the values of love, generosity, openness, compassion, and creativity—follow by a tribute to Yuri Kochiyama, named We Are All Part of One Another.
la karunika Adela Iglesias, miembro de la Comunidad Hispana de Nalandabodhi, escribe: “El karma colectivo moldea las consecuencias éticas, sociales e incluso sanitarias de las comunidades, influyendo tanto en el sufrimiento como en el bienestar. Dicho de otro modo, a través de nuestras acciones como un grupo, moldeamos los contornos de nuestra mente y del mundo que habitamos”.
Interconnectedness in all of its manifestations is key to my healing. This includes being connected to my body, rather than trying to escape it,” writes Beth Patterson, one of Nalandabodhi’s karunikas.
“We are made of the love and kindness that other people have selflessly given us, and other beings benefit from the love and kindness we provide them,” writes sangha member Justin Hellier.
Sangha member Alicja Bardin writes from Poland: “I have often thought about people I know but don’t have daily contact with. We are connected, interconnected by circumstances, places, other people . . . After all, being connected is not the same as being in constant touch.”
Mitra Lee writes, “Usually we focus on ourselves, on our own well-being, our goodness or badness, and our perceptions of pleasure and pain, right and wrong, like or dislike. In the practice of the four immeasurables, we train to extend our attention beyond ourselves and our habitual, conditioned thoughts. They help us to open a place for others in our mind and, beyond this, to see others as the same as ourselves.”
