Detail from Segantini’s ‘The last task of the day’. Reminds me of the Dukkha of life’s routine burdens and dreariness, and the setting sun signifying it’s time to go home at the end of the day. Towards the Western Pure Land for me. Amituofo
Ironic that the picture of calm was painted while Van Gogh was in an asylum. Perhaps the stars helped ease his troubled mind, as they still do, somehow, as we gaze upon them. But if real stars flicker, would peace of mind not be fickle too, if it was dependent on them? How different they [...]
Colour was my visit-long obsession and joy too, gazing upon Monet’s works, learning about his hard life, which makes his works all the more amazing and inspiring.
And the sight of stars on his paintings make us dream on too. And look… Stars in the darkness above his starry night and starry words… Spotlights!
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If there is no karma and no luck, there would be total chaos. If there is no karma and only luck, there would be total chaos. If there is karma and luck, there would be clash of causality and chance. If there is only karma and no luck, there would be total order.
If there is such thing as bad luck, it would be a law of nature. But if it is a law of nature, there would be no chance left to it. And if there is no chance left to it, there would be no such thing as bad luck.
There is no rainbow without rain. There is no rainbow without sun. - Stonepeace There is no rainbow without sight? There is no rainbow without naming?
: . skip to main skip to sidebar Search This Blog Loading . Buddhism in the News Loading . Friday , January 13, 2012 The Power of Living in the Present . Moment PHOTO CREDIT Kyodo for the Japan Times The Dalai Lama comforts a child in Japan following the tsunami of 2011. Here we see the Dalai Lama less as a revered leader , and more like a benevolent grand-father . Time stands still as the cool water of the Dalai Lama's compassion soothes the terrifying flames of this child's fear and depression . When we are present for one another with no other motive than compassion and love , there truly isn't anything we can't survive together . Times of extreme stress often have a way of stripping through the layers of the ego to expose a seemingly lost ability to co-operate as a society . During