According to Buddha
Along with the peach and the citrus, pomegranates are one of the “Three Blessed Fruits” of Buddhist tradition. The story goes that there was a powerful female demon (known as Hariti in India and Kishimo-jin or Karitei-mo in Japan) who kidnapped young children and feasted on them. The Buddha, however, managed to placate her ferocious desire by offering her pomegranates. Soothed by the Buddha’s compassion, she acquired a gentler nature and became the patron goddess of children. She is sometimes depicted holding a pomegranate in one hand a suckling a baby with the other.
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Pomegranate (Punica granatum) ~ in my kitchen a day or so ago ~ Etown ~ November 2020
I’ve eaten hardly a one of them in my life. I should rectify that!
Well Neil they are one of my favourites…they’re messy and fun…they only come here once a year…so they are special. ☺️💫 sending joy ~ hedy
A marvelous story filling the mind with wonder of a fruit
we know must be ‘special’ simply by its name.
Love your photography!
I am thankful that I know you Hedy
Right Eddie I didn’t know it so it was curious to me…and i appreciate your kind words Eddie and I’m so happy to know you and cross paths…have a joyful day smiles and hugs hedy ☺️🙂🤗💫
You turn processing pomegranates into art, Hedy. Nice
☺️🙏 thanks Chris…I enjoyed composing them. Have a creative week ~ sending joy hedy 💫
Beautiful, strong, black and white photographs, Hedy. And it’s not what one would tend to do with a fruit so deeply colored. But it works so well! 🙂
Thanks kindly Lynn some one told me photographing fruits and flowers in b/w shows the soul of them 🤓☺️ I don’t know but I enjoyed playing with the processing ☺️ hoping you’re doing well ~ hugs from sunny etown hedy 🤗🙏
That’s interesting about seeing the soul of fruits & veggies in B&W. Nice! We’re doing OK…having a quiet but plentiful T’day dinner in a little while. 🙂 I actually found a few flowers still blooming along a roadside a while ago. 🙂
Enjoy those flowers and quietness Lynn…hugs hedy ☺️🤗❣️
Beautiful work. There are a couple i’d hang on our walls.
humble thank you Ray ☺️🙏
Shot straight from above.. Kind of abstraction and a step towards essence; same for B&W. Fine set! Does eating them calm you down?.. 🙂 Enjoy what gets to you!
Thanks kindly Harrie and yes for sure pomegranates are but don’t eat them in bed they are messy ☺️😂 have a snappy day ~ 🤗
special photography and gifts of the tiny fruits of the pomegranate. lovely Hedy! ❤️
aren’t they the best…create a joyful and peaceful weekend Cindy ~ hedy ☺️❣️
totally and I will Hedy. You do the same, thanks! ❤️ xo
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I like pomegranates. The fruit and the photos.
Oh me too! They are delicious and fun to photograph and eat 🤓😋 thank you kindly Alex 💫
Love this. And thank you for such a wonderful text!
Thank you kindly Laura…words of a Buddha and words of a song…I just found Pomegranates by Porya Hatami…I really like his connections to nature…thank you for stopping by ~ compose a beautiful day ~ smiles hedy ☺️💫
To paraphrase you: there are no pomegranates outside you. Just the idea you form of them… 🙏🏻
imagine inside…it’s all outside though ☺️🙃 have a fun day Brian 💫
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