According to Buddha
This is the real secret of life — to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.
bicycle, bicycle, bicycle
i want to ride my bicycle, bicycle, bicycle
i want to ride my bicycle
i want to ride my bike
i want to ride my bicycle
i want to ride it where i like
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40th anniversary of The Tour de White Rock, White Rock, BC ~ July 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
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a grounding walk in Camrose County No. 22 ~ August 2019
According to Buddha
The four treasures in life are sleeping soundly, eating happily, laughing joyfully and working healthily.
sun’s up, uuh huh, looks okay
the world survives into another day
and i’m thinking about eternity
some kind of ecstasy got a hold on me
i had another dream about lions at the door
they weren’t half as frightening as they were before
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humans + dogs at East Beach, White Rock, BC ~ July 2019
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According to Buddha
Someone who begins to develop an interest in the teachings can tend to distance themselves from the reality of material things, as if the teachings were something completely apart from daily life. Often, at the bottom of all this, there is an attitude of giving up and running away from one’s own problems, with the illusion that one will be able to find something that will miraculously help one to transcend all that. But the teachings are based on the principle of our actual human condition. We have a physical body with all its various limits: each day we have to eat, work, rest, and so on. This is our reality, and we can’t ignore it.
i’ve been living on the outside
looking in
searchin’ for some kind of answer
i’m forever questioning
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an evening walk around downtown ~ Calgary, AB ~ July 2019
According to Buddha
It almost seems as though this roiling world is conspiring to test our patience at every turn. In fact, it is.
what made the silence roar, until you couldn’t sleep?
and graze the yoke that spilled a sea inside of me
somewhere higher
somewhere higher
***
random streets in Montréal, QC ~ April 2019
According to Buddha
Like a mother who protects her child, her only child, with her own life, one should cultivate a heart of unlimited love and compassion towards all living beings.
always remember these three things
faith, hope and brushing your teeth
but most importantly
do everything lovingly
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random streets in Montréal, QC ~ April 2019
According to Buddha
One hundred times a day,
I recall the spiritual support;
my congenial friend comes to mind.
The sketch of past lives becomes clearer;
mind yearning, my fondness increases.
“Separation” is the heart being ripped out.
Ah! It is like that. But there is no need to be sad.
Hold in your heart the oath of the mother dakinis.
May the sublime three jewels and guardians bless the congenial
friend so that our wishes may be fulfilled.
so many miles
so many miles
so many miles
away
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point of interest south of Blue River ~ Highway 5 – British Columbia ~ March 2019
According to Buddha
To forgive others is, in fact, being kind to ourselves.
é um belo horizonte, é uma febre terça
são as águas de março fechando o verão
é a promessa de vida no teu coração
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dying tulips in my artroom ~ Etown ~ March 2019
According to Buddha
Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.
better parted
i see people crying
truth gets harder
there’s no sense in lying
help me find a way from this maze
i can’t help myself
***
coldest February in 40 years ~ Etown, Alberta ~ February 2019
According to Buddha
Gratitude is the world’s most beautiful language and the most genuine way for people to interact.
travelling the road,
last known is where i want to be
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random streets (reflections of my photo walk with Primavera DeLima) Portofview in Porto Portugal ~ April 2018
