Gatha Practice at ZCD
Gatha for the Week of Feb. 8th through the 14th
Verses for Starting the Day: Opening the Window?
Opening the window,?
I look out onto the Dharmakaya.?
How wondrous is life!?
Attentive to each moment,?
my mind is clear like a calm river.
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