"This Bodhisattva Earth is not just our environment, The Earth is us. We are her children, and She is in every one of us.
"In Buddhist literature, there is the name of a Bodhisattva, called 'Bodhisattva Refreshing-Earth.' That is her, and She is the mother of many Buddhas, many saints. Buddha Sakyamuni is her son. Jesus Christ is her son. Our father, our mother, are also her children. When we die and this body disintegrates, we go back to Earth. We have a place to go back. I take refuge in the Bodhisattva Great Earth!
"Every time we suffer, every time we lose ourselves, every time we feel alienated, we may practice Touching the Earth in order to return to her and restore ourselves. When we get sick, it is usually because we are alienated from her. So when we breathe in mindfully, we can abandon our regret, our sorrow and our fear, and go home to the here and the now. Then we realize that we have a body. This body has been given us by Mother Earth.
"Breathe mindfully, and you know you have a body, and your body is a wonder. When we connect with our body, we connect with Mother Earth, and then we begin to heal. Healing will not be possible without that kind of connection. Your healing must be one with the healing of the planet Earth."
~Christmas Eve Dharma Talk at Plum Village
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