According to Buddha
My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.
***
a week or so ago ~ a nostalgic walk though Lower East side, Vancouver ~ August 2021
According to Buddha
We’re here to awaken from the illusion of separateness.
***
a day or so ago ~ a nostalgic walk though Lower East side, Vancouver ~ August 2021
According to Buddha
This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor…Welcome and entertain them all.
***
a day ago in the town of Morinville, AB ~ June 2021
According to Buddha
I believe the purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts.
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Villages of Warburg and Thorsby – a day or so ago ~ Leduc County ~ January 2021
According to Buddha
Every religion is the product of the conceptual mind attempting to describe the mystery.
somebody told me to believe
to believe
to believe
to believe
to believe
***
steeples from ‘Church Street‘ ~ Edmonton ~ April 2020
According to Buddha
Consciousness sleeps in minerals, dreams in plants, wakes up in animals, and becomes self-aware in humans.
Ooo
there’s another world, it’s made for us
trapped in bodies, they’re made to rust
it’s one that i can break right through
i am ready, how about you?
***
orphaned animals ~ Greater Vancouver Zoo, Aldergrove BC ~ February 2020
According to Buddha
[Spiritually speaking]…everything that one wants, aspires to, and needs is ever-present, accessible here and now – for those with eyes to see.
i can make peace on earth
with my own two hands
i can clean up the earth
with my own two hands
i can reach out to you
with my own two hands
with my own
with my own two hands
***
a walk around the block ~ Cercado de Lima, Peru ~ August 2019
According to Buddha
Buddha also said that the Dharma, like a bird, needs two wings to fly, and that the wing that balances wisdom is compassion.
for just a skyline pigeon
dreaming of the open
waiting for the day
that she can spread her wings
and fly away again
***
pigeons ~ Basilica of San Francisco, Lima, Peru ~ August 2019
According to Buddha
The beauty of a group lies in the refinement of its individuals. [The beauty of a group lies upon the assembly of each individual’s ethics practice.]
another dawn, another day, another dollar to be made
i got a pocket in my soul,
where a little rock a little roll assimilate
***
walk around the block Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, San Borja ~ Lima, Peru, 2019
According to Buddha
Let your mind be as a floating cloud. Let your stillness be as a wooded glen. And sit up straight. You’ll never meet the Buddha with such rounded shoulders.
if it be your will
if there is a choice
let the rivers fill
let the hills rejoice.
***
Montreal’s Jewish community ~ Outremont in Montréal, QC~ April 2019
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