On a perfect-weather late-summer day, we gathered at Shao Shan Temple to acknowledge and pay respect to the greater nature that supports our practice. This included a modified version of a ceremony done in Japan for blessings in gratitude to the protecting Spirits of the Land.
We offered flowers, incense and chanting at multiple sites on the Temple land acknowledging the myriad ways - known and unknown that they support our practice.Little woodland frogs, toads and newts greeted our path and bird songs accompanied our meditations.
The program included several short blocks of outside meditation and a snack of vegetables fresh from the Temple Garden that was then also shared with the fishes in Connie's Pond!
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