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  • Figments

    Figments
  • Discovering: The Inner Fields

    Discovering: The Inner Fields
  • The Infinite Flow of Love

    The Infinite Flow of Love
  • Rise Up

    Rise Up

  • The Wave – Blue Ocean Poem

    The Wave – Blue Ocean Poem
  • Avavnuk: A Visual Storyboard

    Avavnuk: A Visual Storyboard
  • Symphonia florum

    Symphonia florum

    Symphonia florum

    Between the tiles located
    Lovely artistry made visible
    In a place no one expects
    Suddenly arises Life in precious form
    Subtle dots of color splashed

    Breathing into the wide open
    Light insertion shaking grounds
    Invisible Creation in action
    Spaciousness is calling gently
    Succession of guided movements

    Beyond these reflections
    Love creates like Itself
    Inner most joyful expansion
    Symphonia florum
    Sounding echo of Viola tricolor

    Benevolent phenomenon
    Living in Eternity as One
    Innocence extended as gift
    Sequential thoughts unchained
    Singular subjective experience


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  • Time Release

    Time Release
  • Embracing Nature’s Beauty: A Poetic Reflection

    Embracing Nature’s Beauty: A Poetic Reflection
  • The Symbolism of Painted Cakes in Zen Buddhism

    The Symbolism of Painted Cakes in Zen Buddhism
    An old buddha has said, “A painted cake doesn’t satisfy hunger.’

    The painted cake is thus a traditional symbol of representations of reality, including the Buddhist representations in Xiangyan’s books, as opposed to the real thing that is held to be the proper concern of Zen.

    But Dogen has a different view. The teachings of Buddhism are the real thing. The representation of the cake is the real thing. The real things around us — the cakes, the humans, the mountains, the buddhas — are, all of them, painted. Therefore, Dogen concludes at the end of his essay, only a painted cake can satisfy our hunger; for our hunger is also painted, our satisfaction is also painted.
    (from: Treasury of the True Dharma Eye - Dogen’s Shobdgenzo)