According to Buddha
We really ought to have confidence in human beings. Although humans have damaged the environment, we must be confident that humans can also save the Earth. I hope people with the same vision can join together to raise the awareness of environmental protection and save the Earth.
horses in my dreams
like waves, like the sea
they pull out of here
they pull, they are free
***
Wild Horse Tour with Mountain View Photographic Services ~ August 2019
According to Buddha
When walking, as we step one foot forward, we lift the other foot up. In the same way, we should let go of yesterday and focus on today.
send a wish upon a star
do the work and you’ll go far
send a wish upon a star
make a map and there you are
***
a grounding walk in Camrose County No. 22 ~ August 2019
According to Buddha
Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. Momentary and vain, it is lost in a moment.
i tell myself sometimes
that it happens as it should
comforting words to hide behind
***
YEG downtown ~ Strathcona Science Provincial Park ~ July 2019
According to Buddha
From all kinds of flowers,
Seek teachings everywhere,
Like a deer that finds
A quiet place to graze,
Seek seclusion to digest
All you have gathered…
i watched the sunlight coming near
i knew the day i knew the night
i knew i could regain my sight
and it feels alright
and it feels alright
with my naked eye
***
wild flowers in early morning fields ~ Etown AB ~ June 2019
According to Buddha
The light of the sun is the manifestation of the clarity of the sky; and the sky is the basic condition necessary for the manifestation of the sun’s light. So, too, in the sky two, three, four, or any number of suns could arise; but the sky always remains indivisibly one sky. Similarly, every individual’s state of presence is unique and distinct, but the void nature of the individual is universal, and common to all beings.
one of these mornin’s
you’re gonna rise up singin’
you’re gonna spread your wings
and fly to the sky
***
Lake Minnewanka (/ˌmɪnəˈwɑːŋkə/) (“Water of the Spirits” in Nakoda) ~ Banff National Park ~ June 2019
According to Buddha
If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
if you awaken from this illusion
and you understand black implies white
self implies other
life implies death
you can feel yourself
not as a stranger in the world
not as something here on probation
not as something that has arrived here by fluke
but you can begin to feel your own existence as absolute fundamental
what you are basically
deep deep down
far far in
is simply the fabric and structure of existence itself
***
Lake Louise hamlet in Banff National Park, Treaty 6 ~ June 2019
According to Buddha
There are many winds full of anger, and lust and greed. They move the rubbish around, but the solid mountain of our true nature stays where it’s always been.
wanderers this morning came by
where did they go
graceful in the morning light
to banner fair
to follow you softly
in the cold mountain air
***
Moraine Lake, Banff National Park ~ May 2019
According to Buddha
Flow and dancing with life and different gears is a good metaphor. So that we have our hands on the steering wheel and we have some choice with attention and intention. So, in meditation, seeing through things, in post meditation, see how things work so you react differently to red and green if it’s a light system. In meditation if you see red, yellow or green, you don’t react differently, because you’re seeing through it as mere imagination, but in post meditation, you know, there’s a driving karma, you react differently based on karma, cause and effect, in the relative world.
takusarakkit
uummatiga qiggiqqu
takusaravinnga
ivvi ijinginni kivivunga
qaumajuapiugavit
qaumajuapiugavit
qaumajuapiugavit
qaumajuapiugavit
***
Cave and Basin National Historic Site, Banff National Park ~ May 2019
According to Buddha
Direct this positive breath specifically to perceived obstacle-creators and troublemakers. Poor humans . . . generating their own bad karma and sorrow, seeking happiness and fulfillment in all the wrong places. Simply breathe in and out. Let the natural flow wash away and re-harmonize all obscurations on the windshield of your inner “iye.
take me away (take me away)
a secret place (a secret place)
a sweet escape (a sweet escape)
take me away (take me away)
take me away (take me away)
to better days (to better days)
take me away (take me away)
a hiding place (a hiding place)
i got a pocket,
got a pocketful of sunshine
***
Mount Rundle and Sulphur Mountain in Banff National Park ~ May 2019
According to Buddha
You are in charge of your own karma, your own life, your own spiritual path, and your own liberation, just as I am in charge of mine.
you know i always liked that empty road
no place to be and miles to go
but miles to go is miles away
hello sunshine, won’t you stay?
***
just after the dark ~ Terwillegar Park, Edmonton, AB ~ April 2019
