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Topic: The tree is the greatest teacher
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ListensToTrees
Knowflake Posts: 2623
From: Albion
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted February 02, 2008 10:59 AM
 
 "Trees give pleasure to a pilgrim, shade to a deer, berries to a bird,beauty to the land and health to humans, branches for fire, leaves to the soil. My mother used to say: ‘The tree is the true teacher of humanity and the greatest teacher that we have – even greater than the Buddha.’ I would ask her: ‘What do you mean? There can be no greater teacher than the Buddha; the Buddha was the greatest teacher in India’. And my mother would say, ‘But even the Buddha got his enlightenment while sitting under a tree’. Nowadays people don’t get enlightenment, because they don’t sit under a tree. That was such a wonderful teaching and I now realize how right she was. Because when I come to the tree I feel a sense of calm, a sense of healing – it is the true sustaining force of the earth.”
http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/news/earth-pilgrim-a-year-on-dartmoor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6de9FjR40g0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrIBmJdTBsc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Fw_ZQFbdA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdq3xtk6AEo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfIcKDNnRgM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOkHaxLvpVU
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Kat
Knowflake Posts: 928
From: Cleveland, Ohio
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted February 02, 2008 01:58 PM
Thanks
I absolutely love trees. I grew up on a tree lined street and have been surrounded by trees my entire life - especially maple. I was heart broken when developers tore down the forest I played in as a child. They named the street something like scenic ave; It was alot more scenic and full of wildlife before they came along. I love fig trees and towering Sequoias of CA. I once walked in a birch forest in Maine it's quite a wonderful experience. The forest is bright because of the white bark!
The image of the buddah in the tree reminds me of my sister's inlaws home. They had a tree which wrapped around the metal hand rail and kept growing. IP: Logged |
ListensToTrees
Knowflake Posts: 2623
From: Albion
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted February 02, 2008 02:43 PM
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26taurus
Knowflake Posts: 12732
From: *
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted February 02, 2008 03:20 PM
Love that picture!IP: Logged |
Solane Star
Knowflake Posts: 5095
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted February 02, 2008 04:08 PM
So True Listens To Trees!!!I heard it from the TREES!!! IP: Logged |
ListensToTrees
Knowflake Posts: 2623
From: Albion
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted February 02, 2008 04:20 PM
I think I chose that name because trees make me feel so calm and spiritually connected to the Earth.And, as Satish Kumar said, "trees are poetry". I think perhaps I ought to try sitting under a tree all the time!!!  The gypsy spirit in me doesn't like living indoors!!! IP: Logged |
Nirmanakaya
Knowflake Posts: 3
From: USA
Registered: Jan 2008
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posted February 02, 2008 10:21 PM
So beautiful! Thanks for sharing.IP: Logged |
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