The Gospel of Nature    Rev Ernie Mills

In the “Flower Sermon,” the Buddha simply held up a flower and said nothing. Maybe the flower Buddha held up was a lily because Jesus said to his followers, “consider the lily.” What should we make of this? It says to me that all the wisdom we need to live harmoniously in this world is “written” in nature. We really don’t need special revelations that drop down from above; we have only to open our eyes, hearts and minds to the gospel of nature.