Two hundred years ago Issa heard the morning birds singing sutras to this suffering world. I heard them too, this morning, which must mean, since we will always have a suffering world, we must also always have a song.
~ David Budbill, "What Issa Heard" in MOMENT TO MOMENT
The pure sound of the bell summons us into the present moment. The timeless ring of truth is expressed in many different voices, each one magnifying and illuminating the sacred. The clarity of its song resonates within us and calls us away from those things which often distract us -- that which was, that which might be -- to that which is.