According to Buddha
Profound and tranquil, free from complexity,
Uncompounded luminous clarity,
Beyond the mind of conceptual ideas;
This is the depth of the mind of the Victorious Ones.
In this there is not a thing to be removed,
Nor anything that needs to be added.
It is merely the immaculate
Looking naturally at itself.
***
sunrise along the North Saskatchewan River ~ Etown – Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ May 2022
According to Buddha
Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back, and reasons to stay.
***
a day ago waxwing birds ~ Etown – Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ April 2022
According to Buddha
I, the snow lioness who stays in snowy solitudes, Have milk which is like the essential nectar. In the absence of golden cups, I would not pour it in an ordinary vessel.
***
yesterday in the woods Terwillegar Park, ~ Etown – Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ April 2022
According to Buddha
The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore…Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.
***
me + dog + little black box ~ yesterday Etown ~ Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ May 2021
According to Buddha
Be courageous and discipline yourself.
Work. Keep digging your well.
Don’t think about getting off from work.
Submit to a daily practice.
Your loyalty to that is a ring on the door.
Keep knocking, and the joy inside
will eventually open a window
and look out to see who’s there.
who can it be knocking at my door?
best off if you hang outside
don’t come in, i’ll only run and hide
who can it be now?
who can it be now?
who can it be now?
who can it be…
***
starseed at the seaside ~ White Rock, B.C. ~ June 2020
According to Buddha
Don’t prolong the past,
Don’t invite the future,
Don’t alter your innate wakefulness,
Don’t fear appearances,
There’s nothing more than that!
i looked a coyote right in the face
on the road to baljennie, near my old home town
he went running thru the whisker wheat
chasing some prize down
and a hawk was playing with him
coyote was jumping straight up and making passes
he had those same eyes just like yours
***
me and my dog just after dark a day or so ago ~ Etown ~ April 2020
According to Buddha
Remember, we are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we’re so deeply inner connected with one another. Working on our own consciousness is the most important thing that we are doing at any moment, and being love is the supreme creative act.
my heart is spilling over
crashing on the ground
i can’t see what’s around me
but soon i’ll come round
my faith is in the balance
of a million tiny words
so i return to silence
***
time just after dark ~ a day or so ago ~ Etown ~ April 2020
According to Buddha
Matters of great concern should be treated lightly. Matters of small concern should be treated seriously.
***
a day ago in the woods ~ Amiskwaskahegan, Alberta ~ December 2019
According to Buddha
Our lack of compassion stems from our inability to see deeply into the nature of things.
the silence of a winter’s night
brings memories i hold inside,
remembering a blue moonlight
upon the fallen snow.
maybe i am falling down.
tell me should i touch the ground?
maybe i won’t make a sound
in the darkness all around.
***
walking in the woods ~ Amiskwaciwâskahikan (etown) ~ November 2019
According to Buddha
Don’t wait to find solid ground. Dance in emptiness.
(ground your sense of worth
til the spark of morning burns
and all those searching eyes
could scold your tender mind)
remember what they say
there’s no shortcut to a dream
it’s all blood and sweat
and life is what you manage in between
***
golden walk in the woods ~ Etown, AB, October 2019
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