Three things, O disciples, shine before the world and cannot be hidden. What are the three? The moon, O disciples, illumines the world and cannot be hidden; the sun, O disciples, illumines the world and cannot be hidden; and the truth proclaimed by the Tathagata illumines the world and cannot be hidden. These three things, O disciples, illumine the world and cannot be hidden. There is no secrecy about them.
it’s a sunny day
it’s so bright, so bright, so bright it’s a sunny day
Know all things to be like this: As an echo that derives from music, sounds, and weeping, Yet inthat echo is no melody.
i was born here and i’ll die here against my will i know it looks like i’m movin’ but i’m standin’ still every nerve in my body is so naked and numb i can’t even remember what it was i came here to get away from don’t even hear the murmur of a prayer it’s not dark yet but it’s gettin’ there
Do not accept any of my words on faith, Believing them just because I said them. Be like an analyst buying gold, who cuts, burns, And critically examines her product for authenticity. Only accept what passes the test By proving useful and beneficial in your life.
you say your heart is like a library book to love is to trust he’ll bring it back if i go and take it home for good would you be okay with that? would you be okay with that?
Be as careful as you can. Our minds are funny. Sometimes we are skeptical of things that are really worthwhile and completely accepting of things that we should avoid. Try to avoid extremes and follow the middle way, checking with wisdom wherever you go.
we’re on a road to nowhere come on inside takin’ that ride to nowhere we’ll take that ride
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a night or so ago -35 at the Esso Gas station in Gunn, Alberta ~ December 2021
Look at appearance-emptiness forms,
Listen to sound and emptiness sounds,
Rest in mind's nature, clarity-emptiness,
And when your thoughts free themselves,
Laugh, oh laugh "Ha ha! Hee hee!
never saw the sun shining so bright never saw things going so right noticing the days hurrying by when you’re in love, my how they fly blue days all of them gone nothing but blue skies from now on
Self-confidence is not a feeling of superiority, but of independence.
We have to understand the middle path: that a human has a positive and a negative side.
We have a false, ignorant side, but we also have a beautiful potential.
follow, follow the sun and which way the wind blows when this day is done breath, breath in the air set your intentions dream with care tomorrow is a new day for everyone
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a day or so ago ~ walking my camera about Etown ~ Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ September 2021
“And what, bhikkhus, are the seven principles of non-decline?
As long as the bhikkhus develop the perception of impermanence, only growth is to be expected for them, not decline.
As long as they develop the perception of non-self . . . . . . . the perception of attractiveness . . .
. . . . the perception of danger . . .
. . . . the perception of abandoning . . .
. . . . the perception of dispassion . . .
. . . . the perception of cessation . . .
Only growth is to be expected for them, not decline.”
eyes without a face (les yeux sans visage) eyes without a face (les yeux sans visage) eyes without a face got no human grace your eyes without a face
I would say that the thrust of my life has been initially about getting free, and then realizing that my freedom is not independent of everybody else. Then I am arriving at that circle where one works on oneself as a gift to other people so that one doesn’t create more suffering.
well we’re movin’ on up, to the east side. to a deluxe apartment in the sky. movin’ on up to the east side. we finally got a piece of the pie.
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walking a day or so ago in White Rock, BC ~ June 2021
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