I came, I saw, and I feel like surrendering. I said I came, I saw, and I surrendered. Can you turn the lights down please? Can you please turn the lights down? I feel a little too stupid to try to talk in the face of what's happening around us. So I just have to admit that I'm just a little person and I really can't speak in the presence of this today.

[01:04]

So maybe we could just sit for a little while and wait for the time when I can speak. Could you hear that? Can you close it? I didn't want to yell this. Can you hear me?

[02:05]

No? Come closer. Anybody who can't hear, come closer. Anybody who can't hear? Can you hear? If you can't hear, come closer. Come around closer. The older people who have hearing problems, come closer. Can you hear now? Can you hear okay? We have a beautiful tree at Green Gulch, a live oak tree. And a few years ago we had a ceremony where I gave the tree precepts and asked the tree to teach the other trees the Buddha Dharma. And this tree, we've been trying to save, but now in this storm, it came down. So I want to tell you that, so some of you have a, I think, deep feeling for that tree.

[03:07]

I want you to hear that. And now we can do a little ceremony. Did it hit anything? I don't think it did any damage. This is the tree that's in front of the office in the tree house. At Green Gulch. The Green Gulch live oak tree in front of the office in the tree house. The message that was given is, the oak tree fell down. Vaidehi shindharani hi hi hi

[04:08]

Namukara tango torayaya namuraya Bhoyo ki chi shikaraya Bhuji sattva bhoya, moksa sattva bhoya Gyaluni gyaya ensa harahai Shuddhan Narottam shanam Shikiri toye moraya Bhoyo ki chi shikarayen Dobho namo narakin Shikiri mokko hodo shami Svabho bhokto jo shubheno Svabho sattvo nomo Bhokya mohate Chodho jito eno Bhoyo ki rukyashi Karyashihi Shikiri mokko Bhuji sattvo

[05:09]

Svabho sattvo Mora mora Mokhi mokhi Rito en Puriyo puriyo Kemo toriyo toriyo Ho jaya chi Mokko ho jaya chi Dora dora Jirini shikaraya Sharo sharo Momo ha mora Ho jiri yukhi yukhi Shino shino Orasan purashari Haza haza Purashaya Puriyo puriyo Mora puriyo puriyo Kiri sharo sharo Shiri shiri Suriyo suriyo Bhujiya bhujiya Puroya puroya Ni chiriya Dora kinji

[06:10]

Chiri shinino Oyamana samokko Shido ya samokko Mokko shido ya samokko Shido yukhi shikuraya Samokko dora kinji Samokko mora mora Samokko shiratsu Omogyaya samokko Svabho mokko Shido ya samokko Chani rao shido ya samokko Onomogyo shido ya samokko Nora kinji Nagyaraya samokko Mohorishin Gyaraya samokko Namuharatando Torayaya namuharaya Puryo kiri shikuraya Samokko shido Modora modoraya Samokko May all awakened beings manifest through the three treasures Their luminous mirror wisdom

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Having chanted the dharani of great compassion We dedicate its merit and virtue to Our deceased friend and elder at Green Gulch The great live oak May it find its true peace In the meaning of the precepts And continue to guide beings throughout the universe May they all become Buddha's way Om Buddha's Generations Three times Om [...]

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