09/29/2023
Loved ones, I have some sad news to share. It is with a truly broken heart that I tell you that I said good-bye to Chauncey Gardner, “Puppysattva” Extraordinaire, yesterday afternoon; Beloved Companion since January 27, 2013. Chauncey was an amazingly sweet soul who taught me innumerable things, gifting me with his knowledge and training on LOVE and patience and wisdom, helping me to be a better person. The hole his departure has left in my heart will be there always, as is so for any true love story. Extra hugs all around, and especially for those who knew him as their teacher at the meditation hall, Ksanti’s Garden. Though Nirvana/Heaven is my wish for sweet Mr. Chauncey, my guess is that he will be returning to continue his good works. May it be so for all of us. Blessings. Namaste.
“Bodhisattva” is a key idea in Buddhism. The word is constructed from the Sanskrit root bodhi, meaning “awakening” or “enlightenment,” and sattva, meaning “being.” The core meaning of the word is “a being who is on the way to becoming enlightened.” Bodhisattvas (Puppysattvas too!) are enlightened beings who have put off entering paradise in order to help others attain enlightenment.
