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"Soft overcomes hard...
Who you are... means more,
than what you teach...
Breathe Kindness". The Tao of Motherhood

A Vegetarian Trio, here on the giantic meadow with my darlings, Timothy was growing everywhere, Tussilago as we named this lamb was so sweet, she just wanted to be loved and stayed with us as long we were here...

Many years ago there was a handsome young prince called Nemi Kumar. He was to married to a beautiful young princess called Rajimati. On the arranged date the marriage procession started with Nemi Kumar riding a decorated Elephant. All the kings and princes of the Yadav clan joined the procession with their royal regalia and retinue. When the procession was a approaching the destination, Prince Nemi Kumar saw that on one side of the road were large fenced in areas with cages full of wailing animals and birds. Filled with symphaty and compassion , he asked the elephant driver why the animals and birds were kept in bondage, the driver then informed him that these creatures were collected to be butchered for meat for the large number of guests attending his marriage. Prince Nemi Kumar was filled with despair and a feeling of detachment. He said to the elephant driver, " If I agree to be the cause of butchering of so many living beings, my life and the one to come will be filled with pain and misery. Therefore I will not marry. His heart was crying out at the pain and fear the poor animals were suffering. He climed down from his chariot and walked towards the cages. The animals quited down, seeing such a stately but kind loving figure walking towards them. They knew that they no longer needed to be frightened. The Prince opened the cages and let the animals and birds out. He told his men to return the fish to the sea without harming them. The birds flew out happy and free. The animals ran into the forest, they all seemed to be thanking the prince for saving them. Just then the Princess´s father, came to meet the Prince. He saw the Prince releasing the Animals and asked, "why have you released the animals, O Prince?" The Prince replied, " How can we rejoice when so many animals are suffering? How can we humans feast on these innocent creatures we are meant to protect? What use is happiness if it is built to the suffering of so many?
With this the Prince called the wedding off. And became a Monk. When Princess Rajimati recovered from her melancholy, she decided to follow the Path taken by Nemi Kumar.The Prince became the twentysecond Tirthankara.
Retold by me from a book edited by Christopher Key Chapple called Jainism and Ecology

"You and your child come from One and journey toward One. You are essentially the same." The Tao of Motherhood
My little beautiful baby boy, five days old. I feel so blessed.