According to Buddha
Be honest with yourself.
The world is not honest with you.
When you are honest with yourself
you find the road to inner peace.
well i won’t back down, no i won’t back down
you could stand me up at the gates of hell
but i won’t back down
gonna stand my ground, won’t be turned around
and i’ll keep this world from draggin’ me down
gonna stand my ground and i won’t back down
***
random streets in Lisbon, Portugal ~ April 2016.
According to Buddha
Everything changes, nothing remains without change.
out from my window across from the city
i have what’s considered a good view
two blocks from the subway, three from the fountain
where i walk to break in new shoes
she stands on the sidewalk just waving at taxis
like horses in parades in passing
i ask where she’s headed she tells me,
Ohio, i’ve not seen my mother in ages
it’s been a long time, a real long time.
***
Highway 21, Central Alberta ~ May 2015.
according to Buddha
I do not wish to convert people from one organized religion to another; I have no interest in any of these organized religions. My interest is in Dhamma – the truth, the Teachings of all Enlightened ones. If at all there is any conversion, it should be from misery to happiness, from defilement to purity, from bondage to liberation, from ignorance to enlightenment.
and god loves all his children, is somehow forgotten
but we paraphrase a book written thirty-five-hundred years ago
i don’t know…
***
Spaca Moskalyk Church, near Mundare, Alberta ~ April 2014 Alberta
according to Buddha
Where there are humans,
You’ll find flies,
And Buddhas.
if some night i don’t come home
please don’t think i’ve left you alone
***
outside of Bentley, Alberta.
according to Buddha
Not knowing is most intimate.
as i walk along the city streets
i know not-knowing does not mean i don’t know
who’s weighted…
weighted to the ground
my my where do i go ?
my my what do i know ?
* photographs taken by me in Lima Peru.
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