As we near the Festival of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, Rev. Clairissa explores the importance of the aspect of Universal Great Love reflected in every heart, symbolized by the goodhearted elephant bearing the one who sits – the embodiment of our benevolent practice of meditation for the benefit of all beings.

In “Great Love” she asks: how may Samantabhadra’s example remind us of what brings us to do our practice, and help us to keep going?