original: what it is: red leaves, autumn wind
red leaves align
with force of wind
all the buddhas shout
see also > whats more: autumn wind (not exactly haiku?)
A woman is blasted with pepper spray during Occupy protests in Portland Thursday. (Randy L. Rasmussen, The Oregonian)
see also > what next: Shocking Images Show Escalating Violence Against OWS | Care2 Causes
whats up is now called "nuclear blog" - i started whats up in March of 2011 for miscellaneous news and random postings which don't fall under the photo or art & studies themes of my other two blogs ... includes a number of newsfeeds and a videos page. launched on the day of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
After the first few posts it became basically a news blog about the ongoing Fukushima Nuclear Catastrophe with related nuclear news and commentary - not so random anymore, and it became progressively more activist...
• Photography by Robert Cherwink
• Soundtrack: Kumoi jishi – “Dance of the Lion in the Clouds” - Shakuhachi played by Elliot Kallen
• Sonoma Mountain Zen Center ~ Genjo-ji • Santa Rosa, CA • www.smzc.net
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Demian Nyoze Kwong and Kwong-roshi kick off the Bazaar |
Sonoma Mandala Bazaar 2011
SMZC MANDALA PROJECT page
Mountain Wind
Mountain Wind: Sonoma Mandala Bazaar
Workshop at the Zen Center with Issho Fujita
Master of the Shakuhachi and a bit about Zen & Buddhism
Dharma talk - What is “kind speech?"
"Tara reconstruction" was created from photo ripped up (what it is, January 18, 2009)
dark!
Within Tibetan Buddhism Tara is regarded as a Boddhisattva of compassion and action. She is the female aspect of Avalokitesvara (Chenrezig) and in some origin stories she comes from his tears...
Bhumisparsha Mudrā | Young Urban Zen | Dalai Lama | Science meets Buddhism -
"Siddhartha resisted every temptation Mara could devise. The lord of desire had one final test. He demanded to know who would testify that Siddhartha was worthy of attaining ultimate wisdom. And his demon army rose up to support him. Siddhartha said nothing. He reached down and touched the ground, and the earth shuddered. Mara’s demons fled."
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Dharma Wheel & About Dharma
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Diamond Sutra
buddha cave
self portrait, roseadjoa
The "outer building" surrounding Unit 3 of Fukushima I explodes, presumably due to the ignition of built up hydrogen gas (March 13). This is the reactor which has the extremely dangerous plutonium-laced MOX fuel. State of the nuclear reactor core remains unknown... (photo enhanced for contrast and enlargement with several layers of noise, sharpening and blurring)
After the first few posts it became basically a news blog about the ongoing Fukushima Nuclear Catastrophe with related nuclear news and commentary - not so random anymore, and becoming progressively more activist...
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