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My Bodhistavva Vow

SUNDAY SCRIPT — BODHISATTVA VOW  Unity of Springfield — May 10 OPENING (quiet, grounded) Good morning. Today we begin a two‑week journey into something ancient, something human, and something every one of us has felt in our own way — the Bodhisattva Vow. Now, don’t let the word “Bodhisattva” scare you. This isn’t about Buddhism. This isn’t about doctrine. This is about a moment in a human life when something shifts inside. A moment when we realize: “I am no longer living only for myself.” That’s the beginning of the vow. What would it mean to live as a continuum…

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Living content within the Tao.

Lao Tzu at the entrance of the Taoist Cave adjacent to the Wuyou Taoist Temple and Giant Leshan Buddha south of Chengdu. Taoism and Lao Tzu Lao Tzu’ Tao Te Ching ends with asking us to be sincere with our words. To remain true to what you have learned with the Tao at the helm. That we are not to be seen as enough to be showy or become seen as beautiful. “Verse 81 closes the Tao Te Ching with the Sage’s final teaching — simplicity, sincerity, and the quiet abundance that comes from giving without possessing. This final chapter…

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