Meditation Boat Blessing for Seaworthy Art Exhibition

Sea Worthy: 
Exhibition, Workshops & Excursions

Presented by 
EFA Project Space, Flux Factory and The Gowanus Studio Space

- Marina 59 - Queens, New York -

July 9, 2011

I was asked to do a boat christening for a very unusual outdoor art event called Sea Worthy.

Allison Ward, an artist who practices Vipassana meditation created a meditation themed boat-pictured in this video above. Garish on the outside, but quite simple and serene on the inside.

Anyway, it was an interesting gig I couldn't say no to and I got to come up with my first (and I assume last?) Buddhist boat blessing:

May this boat serve as a reminder of our inherent goodness

May all who enter it be able to live safely

to see clearly

to speak wisely

And to practice kindness and compassion towards themselves and all others

as the waters fill the rivers that connect all the oceans

May everyone flow with each other and all living beings

with ease and with safety

with sanity and well being

May no obstacles befall you 

and may harm never reach you.

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