According to Buddha
It is better to speak less, and best to speak kindly.
come in here, dear boy, have a cigar,
you’re gonna go far,
you’re gonna fly high,
you’re never gonna die,
you’re gonna make it if you try,
they’re gonna love you.
***
La Tienda Cigars, Edmonton ~ Alberta ~ November 2018
According to Buddha
Believe in yourself, but do not be attached in your own point of view.
man in the middle – left right
man in the middle – that’s right
man in the middle – (ah!)
***
Scheveningen Pier, The Hague Netherlands ~ September 2018
According to Buddha
Life is just like climbing a mountain.
Once we reach the top,
it is time to come back down.
Knowing that life is like this,
that we are born and then we die,
we must ask ourselves
if we are truly using our potential fully.
we are the future! live today!
we are the future! live today!
we are the future! live today!
we are the future! live today!
***
Western Canadian University Rowing Championship, Telford Lake, Leduc Alberta ~ October 2018
According to Buddha
The eye is burning, visible forms are burning, eye-consciousness is burning, eye-contact is burning; also whatever is felt as pleasant or painful or neither-painful-nor-pleasant that arises with eye-contact as its condition, that too is burning. Burning with what? Burning with the fire of greed, with the fire of hate, with the fire of delusion, with birth, aging, and death, with sorrow, with lamentation, with pain, grief, and despair it is burning.
if it be your will
if there is a choice
let the rivers fill
let the hills rejoice
let your mercy spill
on all these burning hearts in hell
if it be your will
to make us well
***
Legislature Library, Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Edmonton ~ October 2018
According to Buddha
Your search among books, word upon word, may lead you to the depths of knowledge, but it is not the way to receive the reflection of your true self. When you have thrown off your ideas as to mind and body, the original truth will fully appear.
another beautiful bike lane
another beautiful bike lane
go, freddie, go
another beautiful bike lane, beautiful
another beautiful bike lane, beautiful
***
biking in Amsterdam ~ September 2018
According to Buddha
The happiness of one’s own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one’s own happiness, the happiness of others.
make a connection and be more than just nice
how’s your day going?
how’s your day so far?
***
a walk around, Berlin ~ September 2018
According to Buddha
i am water reflecting
what is real, what is true
and i feel there is space
deep inside of me
i am free, i am free
i recall my father
the one who i came after
now home again my friend again
remembering your inner king
the king we have within again
oh this is how it is
and this is how it’s always been now
whether we forget
or whether we keep remembering
remembering
remembering
***
De Otter, Amsterdam ~ September 2018
According to Buddha
Do not selfishly seek anything from others; if you have no expectations, then what can people take from you?
the man is tall, mad, mean, and good-lookin’
and he’s got me his eye
when he looks at me, i go weak at the knees
***
a walk around Flohmarkt am, Boxhagener Platz, Berlin ~ September 2018
According to Buddha
Be not fooled, for moral values and hearts may fall short under tyrants. More significant still, the seat of human value is not the brain, but the sensible or supersensible heart.
if you are the dealer, i’m out of the game
if you are the healer, it means i’m broken and lame
if thine is the glory then mine must be the shame
you want it darker
we kill the flame
magnified, sanctified, be thy holy name
vilified, crucified, in the human frame
a million candles burning for the help that never came
you want it darker
***
Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg, Germany ~ September 2018
According to Buddha
Gratitude is a way of returning energy for energy received. One who accepts a kindness without returning gratitude, as though the kindness were her by right, demeans both the giver and herself.
september girls
do so much
and for so long
’til we touched
***
yesterday in the woods ~ Edmonton Alberta ~ September 2018
