It’s just the beginning of July, but we have already heard in our hearts the echoes of the calls from the serene Pine Summit and from the wonderful December Mandala Dharma Assembly. Have you heard their invitations yet? Perhaps you have, more or less, because those spiritual calls are very subtle and silent, yet always stay in our deep consciousness. Those calls might have begun from the days long ago, in Buddha’s footsteps on the dharma propagation path.
Those calls are like praises of the Bodhisattvas when they see that vows for altruistic services have not been forgotten with time, nor obstructed in the mundane life full of entanglements, suffering, and self- interests. Those calls are like our sick and miserable loved ones’ prayers for help and healing. Those calls also connect people from all over the world to assemble and form a sangha; our motivation is bringing happiness to others, and the concentration power is the foundation of our cultivation. Those calls sound like the noble affirmations that activate our Bodhi mind and transform our egocentric consciousness to altruistic:
“May I always be the Dharma vessel, the force of goodness, the force of healing, and the force of transformation”
Thân Hỹ Trường