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juli-augusti 2012

On Thu, 30 August, 2012 - 13:36

Viryabodhi

De mest spännande saker händer här i lugnet på landet! En kväll när jag gick in i glasveranderummet flög en fladdermus omkring där. Det var alltså förklaringen till de muslortsaktiga spillningarna på golvet som jag ibland går och sopar upp. Antagligen lever den i timmerväggen. Jag har också sett grönfinksungar göra sig redo för att flyga, sittandes lite vingligt i äppelträdet. Och i morse höll jag på att sätta frukosten i halsen då en hök eller vråk landade på gårdsplan. Antagligen hade den fått syn på musen som lever under verkstadstrappan. Den lyfte sedan elegant och svepte alldeles förbi köksfönstret. Det var de positiva naturupplevelserna, nu till den sorgligare. Jag hade fascinerat följt en gröngöling (stor grön hackspettfågel med röd hätta), dess tysta eleganta flykt mellan trädstammarna. En morgon låg den med bruten näbb nedanför glasverandefönstret som den hade flugit rakt in i. Några veckor senare, låg där ytterligare en död gröngöling. Vi får hoppas att de inte hade ungar i något bo som väntade. Jag skall nu beställa rovfågel-silhuetter som man kan klistra upp på fönster för att undvika ytterligare fågelolyckor.

Retreater har vi haft under båda månaderna. Vajradarshini från England/Spanien undervisade på sommarretreaten oss klarsynt igenom tillvarons tre kännetcken (lakshanas), dörrarna till befrielse (vimokshas) och wabi sabi. De andra i teamet, Aryaka, Satyaprabha och Padmachitta, bidrog även de med fina inslag i ämnet. Viryabodhi ledde en 4-dagars meditationsretreat, så gott som helt i tystnad, från onsdag till söndag i slutet av augusti. Vi fick en mycket uppskattad undervisninga av Viryabodhi i den av Subhuti utvecklade “Honungsbollsmodellen” från Honungsbollssuttan (Madhupindika sutta, Majjhima nikaya, 18). Mellan de här retreaterna har flera i sanghan tillbringat alltifrån några dagar till veckor här. Och salladen som grott och växt på den lilla ytan vi odlade upp i våras, räckte hela sommaren!

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