AMBUDA - Sanskrit 1. "life giving water " a cloud from the ocean 2. mist or fog coming from a cloud 3. the holy river 4. the wife of the Ocean 5. the first disciple of the Buddha As water vapors rising off the vast Pacific Ocean are pushed up
against the granite spine of the Sierra and fall spectacularly as
snow and rain, so to are the irresistible impulses to learn and change; to grow and create, pushed up against our sometimes rigid inner selves, propelling us to ever greater wisdom. This impetus for internal striving reaches spontaneously far beyond ourselves to strengthen and nourish our families and communities, just as precious moisture from the ocean gathers as clouds over the mountains and nourishes the world far below. This ever-renewing, life giving cycle of growth is the gift we have to give the world and we can only begin to guess the limits of its potential. |

