The Mindful Heart Podcast
Season 6 Episode 6
Today we reflect on a passage from the Lotus Sutra.
“At that time the Buddha emitted a ray of light
from the white curl between his eyebrows,
illuminating eighteen thousand worlds in the east,
reaching everywhere without exception—
down to the Avīci Hell
and up to the Akaniṣṭha Heaven.
Within those worlds were seen beings of the six realms,
the Buddhas presently teaching the Dharma,
monks, nuns, laymen and laywomen practicing the path,
and great bodhisattvas walking the bodhisattva way.
One could see the Buddhas entering parinirvāṇa,
and after their passing,
stupas of seven treasures raised
to enshrine their sacred relics.”
In mindfulness practice,
this radiant light is not distant or mythical.
It is the light of awareness.
When we breathe calmly,
when we see suffering with compassion,
when we choose kindness in a troubled world:
the Buddha’s light continues to shine.
Today we sit together in quiet reflection.
Breathing in,
I touch the peace within.
Breathing out,
I share that peace with the world.
May wisdom arise.
May compassion guide us.
May all beings be at peace.

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