Dear friends,
I am so small and tiny
But when you look closely
You can see my green sprouting leaves
You can enjoy my yellow branches full of grains
Dancing with the wind in the field
And you can also smell the fragrant rice
Served in your dinning room
But my dear friends,
Without a good soil
Without the sun and cloud
Without the loving work of all beings
I will stay a tiny seed
A future paddy field, and a fragrant rice to-be
As all seeds need other elements to grow
So does the garden of the beautiful seeds in us
Seeds of joy & hapiness
Seeds of love and compassion
Seeds of understanding and mindfulness
We need friends and community as our soil
We need the whole universe to support us
And as a paddy seed that needs to grow together
Not as a single grain,
To offer their serene field,
To offer their fragrant rice,
Let’s gather our wholesome seeds and grow together
to offer the beauty to our family, our society, and to the world