Notes

the first plums just enough sweetness for now

Someone asked the eminent Vietnamese Zen master Tue Trung: “What is the purified Dharmakaya?” He replied: “Buffalo dung and cow urine.” (from Thich Nhat Hanh’s “Mindfulness Survival Kit”) A Buddha appeared by the side of the freeway in Redwood City in the past year or so. I’ve long wondered about it

ruddy sunset through the BART train’s window :: no one to show it to

I am somebody :: but the moon knows that’s not the whole story #haiku #micropoetry #haiga #mural #streetart https://www.instagram.com/p/By1d-zVpJTM/?igshid=yt5z5pg8t8am

I made another #videohaiku. This one starring a magnificent red tailed hawk that perched right outside our office window this morning #haiku #micropoetry #videopoem https://www.instagram.com/p/ByjsQTBHAsl/?igshid=lwb117coneuk (Source: https://www.instagram.com/)

Watch out for that first step At the Zen group, after sitting for half an hour, we took turns reading from Charlotte Joko Beck’s Everyday Zen. The key question in the selection we read, on what the practice is: What can you rely on? Joko Beck’s answer: You can rely on life to continue being […]

this way to nirvana https://www.instagram.com/p/ByGcfeUJq93/?igshid=9z95t0rpksx5

my first attempt at a video haiku #videohaiku #micropoetry #haiku #micropoem https://www.instagram.com/p/ByA3mTqn5v6/?igshid=13esdwannjpdo (Source: https://www.instagram.com/)

The world constantly reminds us that nothing is permanent. Nothing escapes destruction. wisteria in bloom :: what the old stones don’t tell

tchalisew: southernbitchface: m–ood: A very curious octopus. Watch this and be blessed “Why he smoosh my head??? Wait smoosh my head again.” (Source: http://tchalisew.tumblr.com/)

waning gibbous ladybug https://www.instagram.com/dylan20/p/BvIJrArHixC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9z7cufu7v1xp

littlealienproducts: chestnutmane: It’s hard to explain, or people don’t want to understand(?) Illustration by Isadora Zeferino Not too hard to understand!