According to Buddha
If you touch the nature of interbeing, you don’t try to run away from suffering anymore. Instead you try to embrace your suffering. You look deeply into it to understand its nature and learn how to make good use of suffering to produce happiness.
whether you’re woman or whether you’re man
sometimes you got to take a stand
just because you think you can
you got to run
you got to run
***
Bison ~ Elk Island National Park, Yellowhead Highway ~ October 2019
According to Buddha
Climate change is not the concern of just one or two nations. It is an issue that affects the whole of humanity and every living being on this earth.
if only we could all just find serenity
it would be nice if we could live as one
when will all this anger, hate and bigotry be gone?
i’m just a dreamer, i dream my life away (today)
i’m just a dreamer, who dreams of better days (okay)
i’m just a dreamer, who’s searching for the way (today)
i’m just a dreamer, dreaming my life away (oh yeah yeah yeah)
***
humans ~ Climate Strike (Greta Thunberg) visted Amiskwaciwâskahikan (etown) ~ October 2019
According to Buddha
And the sun is the wheel of luminosity, it turns day and night. It never sets.
the sun hides on the other side
until you feel it, raise a distant call
is there a world out there i’m dreaming of?
is there a world out there i’m dreaming of?
is there a world out there i’m dreaming of?
***
Abandoned building ~ off Highway 13A ~ September 2019
According to Buddha
The thing is that this life is so precious and mysterious, I don’t know what to say about it most of the time. Words are like birds, passing through the trackless sky. The dog barking, the sound of the purling stream, the wind among the weeping willow trees: how are these not right off the tongue of the Buddha?
sometimes
i have to wonder
about the dog in me
oh dogs are everywhere
yes dogs are everywhere
yes dogs are everywhere
***
dogs in and around San Isidro ~ Lima Peru ~ September 2019
According to Buddha
The more you realize, the more you realize there is nothing to realize. The idea that there’s somewhere we have got to get to, and something we have to attain, is our basic delusion.
we only stay as long as we can
just like the mountains return to sand
then come back again
we come back again
we come back again
***
winter beach San Isidro District, Lima, Peru ~ August 2019
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
On the other side, is substantialism, more materialism, everything is real to the extent we can see or measure it, and things are as real as I think they. That’s way too materialistic or substantialist, because things are not really what they seem to be.
baby, life’s what you make it
can’t escape it
baby, yesterday’s favorite
don’t you hate it
baby life’s what you make it
don’t back date it
baby, don’t try to shade it
beauty is naked
***
Parque de la Reserva, Lima Peru ~ August 2019
According to Buddha
The wound is the place where the Light enters you.
here i am
just waiting for this storm to pass me by
and that’s the sound, of sunshine coming down!
and that’s the sound, of sunshine coming down!
(down, down, down)
***
Plaza central Lima, Cercado de Lima ~ 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
In handling matters, let your mind influence your heart. In dealing with people, let your heart influence your mind. [Manage business with mind based upon your heart; while dealing with human relationship, you will let your heart drive your mind.]
if dogs run free, why not me
across the swamp of time?
my mind weaves a symphony
and tapestry of rhyme
oh, winds which rush my tale to thee
***
random streets in San Isidro ~ Lima, Peru ~ August 2019
