Posted January 25, 2024 in Sacred Stories

Mary’s Magnificence

She got flowers for a chanting session for their dear friend, Mary, who was on hospice care and very near the end of her life. After Mary retired, she had worked with community based organizations helping seniors deal with issues surrounding death and dying.

That chanting session had been six weeks and 3 days […]

Posted March 7, 2020 in Sacred Stories

49 Days

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Chanting GATE GATE PARAGATE PARASAMGATE BODHI SVAHA from the heart sutra for 49 days to-the-day of transition is a significant act of love in the Buddhist tradition. PARASAMGATE means completely gone to the further shore. The prefix SAM is intensive in meaning: completely, thoroughly, altogether.

She had been chanting for the […]