In life, there will be times of failure, and times of regret. Times of frustration, and times of worry. Moments of insecurity and inadequacy plague even the most confident among us. We will all experience some level of self-doubt and self-criticism, and this is what makes the practice of self-compassion so vitally important. Today, rather…
via If Your Compassion Does Not Include Yourself, It Is Incomplete – Buddha — The Seeds 4 Life
The Public Domain Review offers a series of images from “an eighteenth-century pattern book consisting of 36 ink drawings showing precise iconometric guidelines for depicting the Buddha and Bodhisattva figures.” Original text at the Getty. [link]
“The more you talk and think about it, the further astray you wander from the truth. Stop talking and thinking, and there is nothing you will not be able to know. To return to the root is to find the meaning, but to pursue appearances is to miss their source. At the moment of inner enlightenment there is a going beyond appearances and emptiness.”
These words were written almost 1,500 years ago in China.
by SARAH HUA 25 May 2016 Houston, Texas, May 25, 2016—Asia Society Texas Center is pleased to welcome back to Houston the Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery. From August 18-21, the monks will construct a sand mandala and perform ceremonies in the Center’s Louisa Stude Sarofim Gallery. During this ritual, millions of grains […]
ejinsight.com Ella Cheung Jun 3, 2016 5:34pm Bhutan’s Princess Ashi Kesang Choden T. Wangchuck, who is the namesake of her royal grandmother, studied and lived abroad, but she keeps her heart at home. Out of a sense of family duty, the princess has made it her personal mission to promote and preserve the kingdom’s rich […]
via Bhutan princess seeks to preserve kingdom’s cultural heritage — Buddhist Art News
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” Lao Tzu Jamie Janover
via Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes — Zen Flash
Came across this beautiful cherry tree. I am assuming this an artwork of the cherry blossoms at the Fuji Volcano in Japan. The first thing was that it reminded me of a scene from the first Kong Fu Panda movie. If you know what I’m talking about, then great! But if you don’t, here is […]
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