Hazel's gone - off to the Pure Land. She died peacefully on Sunday at home, surrounded by family, with her Teacher, Gen Lingpur, there making prayers.
Hazel spent her last days in her meditation room. Her family was also gathered there, and Lingpur tells me that some of them were reading the Buddhist books Hazel kept there, even though they weren't Buddhist!
Please pray for her family, especially her husband, Hank, and her two daughters, as well as her parents, who live in a house behind Hank and Hazel's.
She will be greatly missed.
In Eight Steps to Happiness Geshe-la says "'Self' and 'other' are relative terms, rather like 'this mountain' and 'that mountain ... 'This' and 'that' therefore depend upon our point of reference. This is also true of self and other. By climbing down the mountain of self, it is possible to ascend the mountain of other, and thereby cherish others as much as we presently cherish ourself."
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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Thank you for posting the news. I keep checking her blog daily for updates without any success. I haven't been able to stop thinking about her. She made quite an impact on my life. Thank you for putting my heart and mind at ease. My thoughts and prayers are with her family.
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