According to Buddha
You should always remain alert, watchful. You should always remain present. Not a single thing should be done in a sort of sleepy state of mind. You should not move like a somnambulist, you should move with a sharp consciousness.
i’m so tired i don’t know what to do
i’m so tired my mind is set on you
i wonder should i call you but i know what you’d do
***
Yamanote Line, Tokyo, Japan. ~ 2014.
According to Buddha
Now you feel how nothing clings to you; your vast shell reaches into endless space, and there the rich, thick fluids rise and flow. Illuminated in your infinite peace.
those patio lanterns
they were the stars in the sky
those patio lanterns
lighting up our lives
those patio lanterns
they were the stars in the sky
those patio lanterns
***
Kasuga-taisha ~ Nara, in Nara Prefecture, Japan. 2014
According to Buddha
Don’t be in a hurry and don’t be in haste. Move as if all eternity is available to you – in fact, it is available to you. We are here from the beginning and we are going to be here to the very end, if there is a beginning and there is an end. In fact, there is no beginning and no end. We have always been here and we will be here always. Forms go on changing, but not the substance; garments go on changing, but not the soul.
i never knew you before.
i’ve been walking around with my eyes on the floor.
but now you’re everywhere to me you’re every face that i see.
things ain’t moving quick enough for me.
***
According to Buddha
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearance.
pretty woman, stop awhile
pretty woman, talk awhile
pretty woman, give your smile to me
***
random streets in Kyōto, Japan ~ July 2014.
According to Buddha
Just this. Just this, this room where we are. Pay attention to that. Pay attention to who’s there. Pay attention to what isn’t known there. Pay attention to what is known there. Pay attention to what everyone is thinking or feeling; what you’re doing there. Pay attention. Pay attention.
i was standin’ at the station
out at the end of the line…
***
Kyōto Station, Japan. ~ July 2104.
According to Buddha
All the peace and happiness of the whole globe,
the peace and happiness of societies,
the peace and happiness of family,
the peace and happiness in the individual persons’ life,
and the peace and happiness of even the animals and so forth,
all depends on having loving kindness toward each other.
***
Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺? ) Temple of the Golden Pavilion”~ Kyoto, Japan. ~ July 2014.
According to Buddha
Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect the poise of the mind: follow the calmness, the absence of pride.
it’s something unpredictable
so take the photographs
***
Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden (新宿御苑 Shinjuku Gyoen), Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
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