Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to all the families and friends celebrating tonight! 🌕🥮🏮
In Mahayana Buddhism, the full moon carries a quiet teaching. On cloudy nights the moon is still there, whole and bright, only hidden from view. The mind works the same way. Its natural clarity, often called Buddha-nature, is always present, even when stress and busy thoughts cover it up.
We offer you a Mid-Autumn blessing (The Clear Moon of Awakening) today:
「菩薩清涼月，遊於畢竟空；眾生心垢淨，菩提月現前。」 — 大方廣佛華嚴經
The Bodhisattva is like a refreshing, cool moon,
traveling through ultimate space.
When the dust in our hearts settles into innate purity,
the moon of Bodhi awakening appears. – Avatamsaka Sutra
However far apart loved ones may be, they share the same moon tonight. May every heart be calm and bright. 🙏
