Gatha Practice at ZCD
Gatha for the Week of Jan. 4th through the 10th
Verses for Starting the Day: Waking Up?
Waking up this morning, I smile.?
Twenty-four brand new hours are before me.?
I vow to live fully in each moment?
and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
For a more in depth discussion of this gatha see the 2022 edition of Present Moment Wonderful Moment by Th¨ªch Nh?t H?nh. In the Forward Sister Chan Duc includes a short history of Gathas and discusses the question: ¡°How can mindfulness become a part of my daily life?¡± She also offers a way to deepen a Gatha practice. In the Introduction Thich Nhat Hanh discusses what are Gathas and his history using Gathas as a novice monk.
Nh?t H?nh, Th¨ªch. Present Moment Wonderful Moment (Revised Edition): Verses for Daily Living-Updated Third Edition. Parallax Press, 2022.
Martin Johnson