According to Buddha
There is no outside of you. It’s all an inside game.
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Wilson Climbing Centre + weeds from the woods ~ a day or so ago ~ Etown – Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ November 2020
According to Buddha
Soul, a moving river. Body, the riverbed.
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a day or so ago ~ North Saskatchewan River ~ Etown – Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ November 2020
According to Buddha
Usually when we hear or read something new, we just compare it to our own ideas. If it is the same, we accept it and say that it is correct. If it is not, we say it is incorrect. In either case, we learn nothing.
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Juvenile Tundra Swan + Granville Island~ a day or so ago ~ October 2020
According to Buddha
And when you have the chance to stand somewhere where nobody’s watching you, and you can just look at people. I spend lots of time doing that. Like, I’ll sit in a car on a street and watch people go by. I’ll just look at each one as somebody who is an absolutely exquisitely articulated entity unfolding before my eyes. Then they walk off, never to be seen again probably.
a day or so ago Port of Vancouver, BC ~ October 2020
According to Buddha
If you wear shoeleather, the whole earth is covered with leather.
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Street art ~ Cowtown AB ~ September 2020
According to Buddha
The soul is not part of the incarnation. It comes into the incarnation. And the soul is not afraid of death because it has done it so many times.
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According to Buddha
Ask yourself: Where am I? Answer: Here.
Ask yourself: What time is it? Answer: Now.
Say it until you can hear it.
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ESO at the AGA: a programme of women composeers ~ September 2020
Sophie Eckhardt-Gramatté – Caprice No. 1 for solo violin
Sophia Dussek – Sonata for Harp Opus 3 No. 3
Augusta Read Thomas – “Rumi Settings”
Carmen Braden – “The Raven Conspiracy”
According to Buddha
The next message you need is always right where you are.
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abandoned farm ~ Athabasca County, August 2020
According to Buddha
Once a very old king went to see an old hermit who lived in a bird’s nest in the top of a tree, “What is the most important Buddhist teaching?” The hermit answered, “Do no evil, do only good. Purify your heart.” The king had expected to hear a very long explanation. He protested, “But even a five-year old child can understand that!” “Yes,” replied the wise sage, “but even an 80-year-old man cannot do it.
we are the halluci nation
we are the human beings
the callers of names cannot see us but we can see them
we are the halluci nation
our dna is of the earth and sky
our dna is of past and future
we are the halluci nation
we are the evolution, the continuation
Glenora building + Government House ~ Amiskwaskahegan, AB ~ August 2020
