Vesak (Buddha Day)
“Buddha taught that everybody—every living being without exception—has the potential to awaken… Buddha for me is that awakened mind itself—that totally open, unbiased, unprejudiced mind and heart. I resonate with that, and I come back again and again to that mind and heart as the motivating factor of my life. I think of that as—if you use the word ‘Christ consciousness’—’Buddha consciousness’ or ‘Buddha-nature.’”
Pema Chödrön
King Edward Street Chapel 