Jade Buddha Temple
Nimen Hao 你们好 Hi Everyone :) May and I are off to the Jade Buddha Temple in Shanghai today, today is the 5th day of January in the Chinese Nongli Calendar so the fifth day of the new year is the God...
View Article“Nothing To Attain . . . “
This excellent post is from a blogging friend of mine Rising Hawk http://risinghawkspeaks.wordpress.com Bodhisattva Siddhartha Gautama determines that if he’s really going to attain enlightenment,...
View ArticleLeshan 2
Stunningly beautiful carvings are everywhere as you walk through the vast gardens which surround the temples and Dafo Buddha. A place to sit, to close your eyes, listen to the birds singing in the...
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Meditation. One of the thousands of statues in the gardens surrounding the temple at Leshan. Beautiful faces depicting strength, power, achievement, meditation, serenity, peace and enlightenment. One...
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Hi everyone, Here are some more images of the beautiful statues and wall carvings during my walk around the Leshan Temple gardens. Leshan is in Sichuan Province China close to Chengdu where the...
View ArticleThe 8 Awakenings
Many people coming to test the waters of Buddhism for the first time often wonder where to start. There are literally hundreds of sutras with each school of Buddhism focusing on specific sutras that...
View ArticleFinding Freedom and Peace
Rest in knowing you don’t control anything whatsoever and nothing actually belongs toyou in any particular way. If those two reminders are taken to heart and fully absorbed intothe depths of your...
View Article7 ways to make the most of your problems – Buddha style
My Dear Friends, I would like to sage a re-post with you from a dear blogging friend David Hare over at http://thankingthespoon.com , its a great piece of advice :) Namaste with Love Always Mark 22...
View ArticleA Simple But Inspirational Post For Friday
Wise words indeed from H.H The Dalai Lama Today is the only day for you to be concerned with, because today is the only day you can act, stop thinking and worrying about yesterday and tomorrow,...
View ArticleTake What You Need and Leave Me a Smile
Some people say that living in the Now is impossible. How can you possibly trust those who might harm you? How can you survive without planning and toil? How can you heal without first being schooled?...
View ArticleWhere to Next?
If we are to start making any headway towards changing our world for the better, to bring about peace, to eradicate disease and to bring about an end to poverty and starvation for millions of our...
View ArticleInner Peace, What is it?
It is so easy for us to talk about Inner Peace and what living in the ‘Now’ does for your life, how it brings an end to our suffering and allows us to live in contentment and look at our lives and the...
View ArticleThe Difficult Challenge Is Met With Joy.
In action find stillness. Seek the simple kernel At the heart of every matter. See the greatness in a small kindly gesture. Make forgiveness your intention And your enemies your allies. Love is...
View ArticleTurning Your Fears Into Actions For Good
Fear of failure, fear of loosing face, the fear of rejection, fear of the unknown, the fear of success….Whatever fears you face in your life it’s now time for you to face them. There are literally...
View ArticleCentre Yourself First in Wholeness
Centre Yourself on Wholeness If all the scientists, analysts, and theorists disappeared today, Not one part of truth would be lost. If all the judges,lawyers, priests, holymen and prosecutors...
View ArticleBe Love Now
A Meeting of the Minds and Heart In the West it’s hard to even conceive of enlightened beings. We have much to learn about how to approach them, how to be with them, how to use them on our own journey...
View ArticleWash Away Your Pain With Love
Love’s rule is one, Man’s rules are many. Delusion and pain are a tangle of rules While peace has no limitation. When fear speaks Happiness becomes pain And desperately people cling To straws of...
View ArticleLove, Compassion and our Best Wishes for 2015
My wife and I meditating at the top of the Grampian mountains on New Years Day 2015. I would like to take a moment to thank you all for all your follows, your comments and your support during 2014 and...
View ArticleThe Pendulum and the Sage
The pendulum swings to and fro From darkness to light From sickness to health From goodness to evil And back again. It’s enough to make anyone confused. The sage has found the still point between;...
View ArticleA Simple Act Of Kindness Creates a Ripple Effect That Comes Back to You.
My Dear Friends, You may have already seen this short video, I had not but; I thought it was well worth sharing again because of the reminder of this simple but profound message within the short...
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