Life is full of suffering and defilement. The human fate is endless loneliness as the great writer Herman Hess described it. Venerable Bhikkhunī Giới Hương has done a job as a spiritual physician to relieve pain and bring coolness to people's hearts. Moreover, you and other monks and nuns of the Saṅgha who are in place of the Buddha instruct people to awaken. The ignorance, bad karma, selfishness and greed are accumulated in our deep conscious store for many lifetimes as Venerable Giới Hương expressed very clearly in her doctoral dissertation, “Bodhisattva and Emptiness.” I am also trying to overcome that ignorance. I am truly indebted to you for giving me a righteous Dharma word to open up my deluded mind.
On the occasion of the Lunar New Year of the Rat, in the land abroad, I would like to pray to the Three Jewels who will bless you, the nuns and extend to all fellow Buddhists great merit to be auspicious, attain enlightenment for self-liberation and other-liberation.
Respectfully presented to the Venerable Bhikkhunī Giới Hương on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of her study and service in Buddhism.
Namo the Penetrating Perfect Hearing Nature Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva.
The Gold Leaf, Springfield City, Virginia February 20, 2020
Three bows,
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