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Okay, so I just came back from Australia, and I'm glad to be back to the community.
And I missed you and felt very supported by all of you while I was gone. And this is one
of the gifts I received on the trip. Because we were driving on the highway and you know
how we have the signs that say," Deer Crossing," well they had like a kangaroo sign with nothing,
you know, saying. And so I asked them, "Why do you have a kangaroo?" "Well it's
because we've kangaroos trying to go across the highway." So, I wanted to see a kangaroo,
but there was no time. So they gave me the kangaroo. So I was thinking, because there's mama
kangaroo and baby kangaroo, you know? And so in the Dharma teachings they always talk
about the kindness of the mother and the kindness of our parents, yes? And you can see how baby
kangaroo is being protected by mama kangaroo, but sometimes--- Baby kangaroo is going to grow
up and become, you know, mama kangaroo's size, maybe bigger. But still remains the
baby kangaroo and still remains, you know, very grateful to their mama and papa for everything
they did. And so, likewise in our Dharma practice, you
know, we take care of our parents of this life, and we remember their
kindness. And we also remember that throughout beginningless time all sentient beings have
been our parents. And so therefore, all sentient beings have been kind to us like our present
life's parents have been kind. And so therefore, we work for the benefit of all sentient beings,
we try to spread our love and compassion to everybody because they've all been kind
to us at one time or another.