We had our last meeting of the meditation group for this spring. We ended with walking, sitting and loving-kindness meditation. During our sitting meditation, Jerome, a visitor from Montreal, recited a poem, "A single excellent night." We ended with a discussion of the fourth foundation of mindfulness (meditation on the sense bases). A resumption of the group is planned for the fall.
As a celebration, we are all meeting at the Sword Motor Hotel in downtown Bancroft for an Indian banquet. Anyone reading this is welcome to attend.
The poem:
“Let not a person revive the past
Or on the future build his hopes;
For the past has been left behind
And the future has not been reached.
Instead with insight let him see
Each presently arisen state;
Let him know that and be sure of it,
Invincibly, unshakably.
Today the effort must be made;
Tomorrow Death may come. who knows?
No bargain with Mortality
Can keep him and his hordes away,
But one who dwells thus ardently,
Relentlessly, by day, by night --
It is he, the Peaceful Sage has said,
Who has had a single excellent night.”
As a celebration, we are all meeting at the Sword Motor Hotel in downtown Bancroft for an Indian banquet. Anyone reading this is welcome to attend.
The poem:
“Let not a person revive the past
Or on the future build his hopes;
For the past has been left behind
And the future has not been reached.
Instead with insight let him see
Each presently arisen state;
Let him know that and be sure of it,
Invincibly, unshakably.
Today the effort must be made;
Tomorrow Death may come. who knows?
No bargain with Mortality
Can keep him and his hordes away,
But one who dwells thus ardently,
Relentlessly, by day, by night --
It is he, the Peaceful Sage has said,
Who has had a single excellent night.”
