[Fcm-News] Thanksgiving Prayers

[Florida Community of Mindfulness]

Dear friends, below are three prayers that may be a meaningful addition to
your Thanksgiving meals.  Please take the opportunity at your gatherings
to express gratitude for all the blessings that continue to rain down upon
us. May you all enjoy the goodness of friendship, sharing and
appreciation.    In the Dharma, Fred


I pray for all of us, oppressor and friend, that together we may succeed
in building a better world through human understanding and love, and that
in doing so we may reduce the pain and suffering of all sentient beings.
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama


This food is the gift of the whole universe —the sky, and much hard work.
May we eat it in mindfulness, so as to be worthy to receive it.
We accept this food so that we may practice the path of understanding and
love.
-Thich Nhat Hanh

In the spirit of humility we give thanks for all that is.
We thank the great spiritual beings who have shared their wisdom.
We thank our ancestors who brought us to where we are now.
We are grateful for the opportunity to walk this planet, to breathe the
air, to taste the food, to experience sensations of a human body/mind, to
share in this wonder that is life.
We are grateful for the natural world that supports us, for the community of
humankind that enables us to do many wondrous things.
We are grateful that we are conscious, that as intelligent beings we can
reflect upon the many gifts we have been given.
-Unknown author