According to Buddha
The universe and the light of the stars come through me.
i know it all from diogenis to foucault
from lozgechkin to paspartu
i ja kljanus obostzav dva paltza
schto muzika poshla ot zvukov mu!
start wearing purple wearing purple!
start wearing purple for me now!
all your sanity and wits, they will all vanish,
i promise, it’s just a matter of time!
***
Ochre sea star at low tide White Rock, BC ~ July 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
In general, people say, ‘We are following Dharma”, and speak of it as a kind of religion created by Buddha Shakyamuni. That is not a correct point of view. Buddha never created any kind of school or religion. Buddha was a totally enlightened being, someone beyond our limited point of view. The teaching of the Buddha is to have presence in that knowledge.
i got a feeling i just can’t shake
i got a feeling that just won’t go away
you’ve got it, just keep on pushing and, keep on pushing and
push the sky away
***
Stephen Avenue Galleria Trees + Wonderland ~ Calgary, downtown ~ 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
May I see what I do. May I do it differently. May I make this a way of life.
anywhere you are and you’ll go, i follow
mountain high and river low, i follow
take me to the bottom, drive me in low
wherever you go
mountain high and river low, i follow
***
Banff Avenue, 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
You are far from the end of your journey. The way is not the sky, the way is in the heart. See how you love.
love, love is a verb
love is a doing word
feathers on my breath
gentle impulsion
shakes me, makes me lighter
feathers on my breath
***
taxidermy birds and feathers ~ Royal Alberta Museum ~ 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
Silence is the root of everything. If you spiral into its void a hundred voices will thunder messages you long to hear.
i heard them calling in the distance
so i packed my things and ran
***
Herd of big horn sheep – Mt. Norquay, 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
