According to Buddha
If you have never taken
The principles of the teachings to heart,
You have no basis
For awakening to the hidden path.
***
a week or so ago a wee chat about gasoline ~ Andrew, Alberta ~ which lies on Treaty Six land ~ March 2022
According to Buddha
However deep your Knowledge of the scriptures, It is no more than a strand of hair In the vastness of space; However important appears Your worldly experience, It is but a drop of water in a deep ravine.
***
a night ago Flying Canoë Volant, Mill Creek Ravine ~ Etown – Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ March 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.
***
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
A true partner or friend is one who encourages you to look deep inside yourself for the beauty and love you’ve been seeking.
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a day ago with foto friday friends ~ Talus Dome ~ Etown – Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ January 2022
According to Buddha
Know all things to be like this: As an echo that derives from music, sounds, and weeping, Yet in that echo is no melody.
***
a week ago Calgary Tower ~ Calgary, otôskwanihk (ᐅᑑᐢᑿᓂᕽ) ~ January 2022
According to Buddha
Do not accept any of my words on faith,
Believing them just because I said them.
Be like an analyst buying gold, who cuts, burns,
And critically examines her product for authenticity.
Only accept what passes the test
By proving useful and beneficial in your life.
***
a week ago Calgary Public Library, ~ Calgary, otôskwanihk (ᐅᑑᐢᑿᓂᕽ) ~ January 2022
According to Buddha
Be as careful as you can. Our minds are funny. Sometimes we are skeptical of things that are really worthwhile and completely accepting of things that we should avoid. Try to avoid extremes and follow the middle way, checking with wisdom wherever you go.
***
a night or so ago -35 at the Esso Gas station in Gunn, Alberta ~ December 2021
According to Buddha
As human beings, we are all the same. So there is no need to build some kind of artificial barrier between us. At least my own experience is that if you have this kind of attitude, there is no barrier.
***
walk and talk along the streets ~ Etown – Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ December 2021
According to Buddha
Then the usual everyday level of experience becomes altered; there is more ‘magic’ in the air. One can become ‘inspired’ or be on a ‘crusade’.
***
yesterday over of the foot bridge ~ North Saskatchewan ~ Etown – Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ December 2021
According to Buddha
…Each one of us lacks one thing or another. I am not exactly sure what we lack, but I can feel we lack something. In the West, even if at the moment you are going through a crisis, you actually have everything, or at least you think you do; all kinds of material goods are there, and are no doubt distributed better than they were in the past. But it seems to me that you are living in a constant state of tension, in an atmosphere of never-ending competitiveness and fear. And those who are brought up in such an atmosphere will find themselves lacking all their lives: they will not know that wonderful quality of depth and intimacy that is the richness of life. They will stay on the surface of the troubled sea, without ever knowing the calm that lies beneath.
***
a week or so ago walking my iPhone in the backlanes ~ Etown ~ Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ December 2021
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