The word of zen:
However thick a bamboo grove is, a stream is free to flow through it.
However high a mountain is, a white cloud is free to drift over it.
A garden gate in Tokei-ji.
MANDALAS!
Mandala: a geometric figure representing the universe in Buddhist symbolism; a symbol in a dream, representing the dreamer’s search for completeness and self-unity.
What a wonderful thing to create with children, made from found objects in the garden or the forest.
Komusō, Japanese mendicant monks, characterized by the straw baskets worn over their heads while playing Japanese flutes (known as shakuhachi) during the collection of alms. Photograph by Julian Cochrane (1904).
19th Century tourist photograph of Jizo, located in a hidden mountain, Hakone Japan.
The statue, which was completed in 1300, was carved into a rock at the foot of Mt. Kamifutagoyama, facing Shojin Lake. At the time of completion, it was over four meters high. Sadly, it has fallen into disrepair.
Old stone Jizo carved into a hidden mountain near Hakone Japan.
Ca. 1892-95 photographic print by T. Enami, which he sold to tourists at his studio in Yokohama.
