FULL MOON OF MAY - VAISAKH
May 12, 2006 09:20 AM
by carlosaveline
Dear Friends,
And so the Full Moon of May arrives.
In a few hours, according to our local times, Sun, Moon and Earth with be aligned forming a straight line in the skies which points to the Pleiades.
The Pleiades, in Taurus, are amply commented in "The Secret Doctrine".
They are described as associated to sources of human inspiration/guidance. Hence a great part of the Buddhists around the world celebrates the Buddha's birth, enlightenment and "death" in the full moon of Vaisakh, Wesak, which usually corresponds to May.
The philosophy of the Buddhas, of the Enlightened Ones, is a practical philosophy. Its substance is Ethics, one of whose many presentations is the Noble Eightfold Path.
A Japanese thinker (not a Buddhist as long as I know) wrote:
"The mission of human beings is to live in accord with the law of the universe by putting ethics into practice. The only real human progress worthy of the name is ethical: alleviating pain, hunger, poverty, and loneliness; moving toward increasingly sustainable harmony with the universe. (...) The first step toward a more ethical social and environmental policy begins with our own lifestyles. (...) " (1)
Best regards and happy Full Moon of May,
Carlos Cardoso Aveline.
NOTE:
(1) "Practical Ethics for Our Time", by Eiji Uehiro, Charles E. Tuttle, Boston, Tokyo, 1998, 121, see p. 150
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