Today is both Good Friday and the beginning of Easter weekend and of Passover, and I was thinking about what I’d like to share with you on this special occasion.
I remembered my Easter message from a couple of years ago and when I went back to read it and all the incredibly gracious and loving comments, I knew I wanted to share this Buried Treasure again. Regardless of any religious or non-religious persuasion, it’s still timely.
On the occasion of this Good Friday and the Easter weekend I would like to share with you a beautiful book I’ve been reading the last week or so, and a photograph I took recently.
Several months ago my sister Karen, the middle of my three cherished younger sisters, emailed a recommendation to The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World.
The Book of Joy is by the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, together with interviewer Douglas Abrams. The book arises from several days the two long-time friends, both now in advanced years of worldly experience, spent together with Abrams.
From the dust cover:
In April 2015, Archbishop Tutu traveled to the Dalai Lama’s home in Dharamsala, India, to celebrate His Holiness’s eightieth birthday and to create what they hoped would be a gift for others. They looked back on their long lives to answer a single burning question: How do we find joy in the face of today’s inevitable suffering?
As The Publishers Weekly review says, “This sparkling, wise, and immediately useful gift to readers from two remarkable spiritual masters offers hope that joy is possible for everyone even in the most difficult circumstances, and describes a clear path for attaining it.”
This is a book I will read again and again and I highly commend it to you. Get it from your public library if you must, but I think in the end you will want to have it in your personal library for regular reference.
As my second Easter gift to you, I share this photograph I took a couple of weeks ago and “embellished” with a pearl of wisdom from the Dalai Lama. The bloom is from a succulent plant we’ve had in a little terracotta pot on our patio for three years and to our astonishment one recent morning discovered this exquisite new development. The entire cluster is not quite two inches across so this is pretty much actual-size.
From The Book of Joy, adapted from the traditional Tibetan prayer of the Four Immeasurables (Loving-kindness, Compassion, Joy, Equanimity*),
May all beings attain happiness.
May all beings be free from suffering.
May all beings never be separated from joy.
May all beings abide in equanimity.
*These are called the Four Immeasurables because they are directed to an immeasurable number of sentient beings, and because the wholesome karma produced through practicing them is immeasurable.
Peace, blessings, and loving kindness my friends.
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April 19, 2019 | 
Beautiful message from a beautiful sister.xo
Hugs to the senior of “my three cherished younger sisters” 🙂 (Senior sounded better than oldest) xoxo
Thank you for this post, including the tip for the wonderful book of the Dalai Lama!
Happy Easter!
Thank you Linda! A wonderful sentiment for any time of year, but this is a particularly good message for these times. I love the quotes and I will look for this book.
Being a future CZT [class #34], I have been so lucky to learn at your knee, and the knees of others. Thank you for enriching my life.
Dear Linda,
Heartfelt thank you for this warm and beautiful message to all of us.
At this very meaningful time of the year I would like to wish you lots of creative energy and Light in all aspects of your life. Thank you so much for your kindness and encouragement.
Happy Easter!
Thank you for this lovely, timely, heart-warming gift.
Thank you Linda. May you have a blessed Easter!
Blessings to you, Linda.
That was so beautiful. I will definitely check that book out. I wanted to tell you that I only discovered your site recently (I’m a new zentangler) and it has been immensely helpful in my self-training. I am thinking about going through your entire list one tangle at a time for practice and self-discovery of what I like and don’t like.
Thank you for the lovely message and image. Easter blessings to you.