This place is pure wonder. Every single leaf, every blade of grass, the gentle conversation of bamboo poles swinging in the wind, the texture of the moss caressed by light, the sharp contrast between the wooden buildings and the flowing, twisted and freee body of the garden...are beyond imagination.
That kind of beauty softens people's heart and open them to tolerance and kindness.
posted by Taigu at 12:20 AM
Taïgu or Kuma San. French oddity, poet, writer, musician, artist and in love with life itself. Interested in unimportant things, people of no rank. Started zazen in my teens, received the precepts as a Zen priest twenty five years ago. Received Dharma transmission in 2003. I believe that Alexander Technique provides a real and living understanding of zazen. It allows zazen to be alive , fluid and dynamic as opposed to what I met almost everywhere: a fixed and rigid form that feeds intolerance, arrogance and ignorance. Lover of Jizo and Kannon. I was born in 1964 and because of my passion for life and art, I lived many lives in one. Jack of all trades, master of none. I now live in Japan. Surnom : Kuma ou Kuma San. Vaguement français, poète, musicien, artiste et amoureux de la vie même. Passionné par les choses ordinaires, les gens sans importance. Ai commencé Zazen dans mon adolescence, ai reçu les préceptes de moine voici plus de trente ans. Grand amoureux de Jizo et Kannon. Je suis né en 1964 et, de par ma passion pour la vie et l’art, j’ai vécu plusieurs vies en une seule. Touche à tout mais ne maîtrise rien. Ai recu la transmission du dharma en 2002.
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Thanks for posting these photos of beautiful Koto-In.
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Thank you Nicole. Koto In is such magic that I cannot take a proper picture. I am not happy at all with these photos. Thank you anyway.
Pierre, I love your pix. you say you cannot take proper pictures. if anything your photos are too pretty. i would like to see some of the other side of Japan. the beautiful ugly side.
Oxeye, you are dead right. Too pretty, indeed. It's hard to find the interesting beautiful-ugly side in Kyoto. In rural Japan, plenty of it. Michael (one foot in front of the other is the real thing, the last picture of a farmer is a gemm). You know, it's a bit like being caught by the glittering side of things (éblouissement, in French), you don't see, you are dazzled. That's where I am at. But thank you for the invitation. One of the most interesting pictures is the one of the museum. The other pictures are more or less cliché. i am aware of it. But I don't have the ambition to be a great artist. Just a witness of my own stupidity. Thank you anyway, I really appreciate your comment.
Love
Shedding all:
The long-forgotten lotus he nurtured.
He demonstrated true kindness -- a practical means.
I bow to him, Gautama.
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