According to Buddha
With a boundless mind, one could cherish all living beings, radiating friendliness over the entire world, above, below, and all around without limit.
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a day or so ago on the pier at White Rock, BC. which lies on the Semiahmoo First Nation ~ May 2022
According to Buddha
People cleave to their worldly possessions and selfish passions so blindly as to sacrifice their own lives for them. They are like a child who tries to eat a little honey smeared on the edge of a knife. The amount is by no means sufficient to appease their appetite, but they run the risk of wounding the tongue.
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a day or so ago ~ Granville Island Public Market ~ Vancouver, BC is located on the unceded, ancestral and traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlil̓wətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples ~ May 2022
According to Buddha
Know all things to be like this:
A mirage, a cloud castle,
A dream, an apparition,
Without essence, but with qualities that can be seen.
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a day ago at Crescent Beach, territory of the Semiahmoo First Nation ~ Surrey BC ~ May 2022
According to Buddha.
It is almost impossible to practice loving-kindness towards all living beings without addressing, in a meaningful way, the innumerable problems arising in our own lives. It is a contradiction, you see. It does not work. If our heart is tormented because we are not able to accept things the way they are, then it is impossible to open our heart. It is impossible to let go of all of our defenses and embrace others. Therefore we have to constantly practice and deepen our awareness. We have to remind ourselves to accept things as they are…even reciting slogans, phrases like “I shall accept the way things are.”
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a day ago West Beach, White Rock lies on the Semiahmoo First Nation ~ May 2022
According to Buddha
Surrender means surrendering who you are not, so that who you really are may emerge.
You are not what you think, you are not what you believe, you are not what you like or dislike.
Those are the adopted filters which speak through you.
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Lichens a week ago, West Beach, White Rock lies on the Semiahmoo First Nation ~ February 2022
According to Buddha
Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.
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a day or so ago the burial of ‘bluefin’ (the beta fish) ~ West Beach, White Rock lies on the Semiahmoo First Nation ~ February 2022
According to Buddha
On the mundane level, the clear comprehension of impermanence, suffering and non-self will bring us a saner outlook on life. It will free us from unrealistic expectations, bestow a courageous acceptance of suffering and failure and protect us against the lure of deluded assumptions and beliefs. In our quest for the supra-mundane comprehension of the three characteristics will be indispensable.
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a week or so ago ~ along Eden Rd, Clearwater, BC ~ August 2021
According to Buddha
The spirit is so near that you can’t see it. But reach for it…don’t be a jar, full of water, whose rim is always dry. Don’t be the rider who gallops all night and never sees the horse that is beneath him/her/them.
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a day or so ago ~ Clearwater, BC territory of Okelhs First Nations ~ August 2021
According to Buddha
The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can’t be organized or regulated. It isn’t true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to your own truth.
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a day ago woods ~ Centennial Park ~ White Rock ~ The Semiahmoo First Nation ~ August 2021
According to Buddha
I said: How can such an ocean be contained in a jar? He replied: “How can you even grasp the understanding of the how and the means of this? Who can come to realize the mastery of the work that has no like? Inside the limited, He lays the world of infinity.
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a day ago West Beach White Rock ~ The Semiahmoo First Nation ~ July 2021
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