ARTS: Random Photo Thread

[Shugen]

When it's time to wash clothes, it's time to... who am I kidding I absolutely hate this and ain't gonna do it. I'll pay the neighbor girl to do it for me.
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I have to admit this made me laugh!

Maybe reframe it as “Dana/Samu/sharing the dharma” with the neighbors.

Gassho,
Shugen

[bayamo]

I have to admit this made me laugh!

Maybe reframe it as “Dana/Samu/sharing the dharma” with the neighbors.

Gassho,
ShugenA total "one hand washes the other" situation if there ever was one.

#sattoday

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[bayamo]

It's a routine. I buy one, take care of it, the ex drops by, sees it, then my daughter says how much her mother loved it and says what a nice present it would make. Meh, I'll play along. It's actually kinda fun.
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[Inshin]

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Gassho
Sat

[Tai Shi]

Beautiful! You are finally learning your phone. You should be proud!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200911/239a0909a4cd20fde7b6f95d4a587448.jpg


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[Tai Shi]

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Gassho
sat / lah
Tai Shi


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[Tai Shi]

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Gassho
sat / lah
Tai Shi


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[Shoki]

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Gassho
sat / lah
Tai Shi


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Tai Shi,
Looks like Marigolds, Cana and Salvia which are three of my yearly, reliable favorites (although my Cana was shredded to bits in a July hailstorm). Tip: If you can find African Marigolds, you'll be pleased. They're big and quite impressive.

Gassho
STlah
Shoki

[bayamo]

Aside from that droopy stem, I guess the plant is fine. Haven't killed it yet. Which is much better than the plant I had in grade school for a science project where instead of water I gave it beer.
#sattoday https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200913/3ea63f0686dc9077a7685b57ca013a63.jpg

Oh yeah. If I didn't have inner peace, I'd completely go psycho on all you guys all the time. - Carl Carlson

[Shugen]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200914/2374e5a88f9cf50783646e21e50f4647.jpg

Not fog in the background but smoke from the California fires.

Gassho,

Shugen
Sattoday/LAH

[Jakuden]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200914/2374e5a88f9cf50783646e21e50f4647.jpg

Not fog in the background but smoke from the California fires.

Gassho,

Shugen
Sattoday/LAH

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Gassho
Jakuden
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[Tai Shi]

[emoji120][emoji120][emoji120] for those I have missed and for those I have not seen. For those I have seen and not missed.
Gassho
Calming poetry.
Thank you
From Evening Gatha.
Do not squander my life.
Tai Shi sat


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[Meitou]

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Not fog in the background but smoke from the California fires.

Gassho,

Shugen
Sattoday/LAH

Beautiful and devastating
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Meitou
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[Doshin]

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[Shokai]

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awesome !!! [claps]

gassho, Shokai
stlah

[bayamo]

Watching soccer. #sattoday https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200918/18312f393201b6378a3bea916ddb85b1.jpg

Oh yeah. If I didn't have inner peace, I'd completely go psycho on all you guys all the time. - Carl Carlson

[Gareth]

Two and a half years, and first time on the shed [claps]

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Gassho,
Gareth

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[Tai Shi]

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This time of year in South Dakota, USA. We smell smoke in the air. Makes me sneeze. Sneezing in new for me. Strung out on a dug given by a Dr I’m grateful I can sneeze and concerned about Earth, Quick Zen.
Gassho
sat/ lah
Tai Shi


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[Gareth]

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This time of year in South Dakota, USA. We smell smoke in the air. Makes me sneeze. Sneezing in new for me. Strung out on a dug given by a Dr I’m grateful I can sneeze and concerned about Earth, Quick Zen.
Gassho
sat/ lah
Tai Shi


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It’s a nice photo. I’m not used to seeing grass that colour.

Gassho,
Gareth

Sat today

[Tai Shi]

Gareth,!so nice of you to notice, Colour is gone all except for maple trees. They are the last to drop their leaves. Two in our yard, over the course of 26 years in one house, we have lost ash, River Birch, aspen.
Gassho
sat / lah
Tai Shi


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[Tai Shi]

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1/2 block from us. Still Covid 19 throughout our state. I love fall anyway!
Gassho
sat / lah
Tai Shi


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[Shokai]

What!! No snow yet??

gassho, Shokai
stlah

[Tai Shi]

Shokai, we woke today to temperature in mid 20s f. About one hour ago my wife said temp was 28 f.below 0 C. Snow on the way sometime this week or next, you hit the nail on the head. I appreciate you. Do you have snow up north?
Gassho
sat/ lah
Tai Shi


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[Shokai]

Taishi;

No snow here but started to around us. At the south end of Lake Huron we still have hardy folks going for a daily dip. We are in the Banana belt of Southern Ontario. However, I see the posts on FB with this 'From my Window' group that was started shortly after the initial lockdown. Pictures from all around the Globe and the northern hemisphere is starting to be covered with snow and down under we're seeing signs of spring and young life. Good to hear from you and I see things are going well. Take care of yourselves; get bundled up for the cold.

gassho, Shokai
stlah

[Inshin]

The randomness of 2020 in one photo, when two times happen at once:
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Cherry blossoms with falling leaves. Spring and Autumn becoming one.
Gassho
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[Seishin]

Seemed to have been an interest in German Sheppards recently, so here's my sitting companion Sophie back in June on her 11th birthaday.

https://i.imgur.com/wOvdaCE.jpg

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[Inshin]

Seemed to have been an interest in German Sheppards recently, so here's my sitting companion Sophie back in June on her 11th birthaday.

https://i.imgur.com/wOvdaCE.jpg

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She's gorgeous! My German Sheppard Karo lived to his 14th birthday. The best breed of dogs. 6909

[Seishin]

She's gorgeous! My German Sheppard Karo lived to his 14th birthday. The best breed of dogs. 6909

Thank you Ania. If that's Karo he's cracking. We got Sophie as a pup from Halifax before moving to France and would dearly love another 3 years with her but time will tell. Gassho.

Sat lah

[Jishin]

Beautiful dogs!

Gassho, Jishin, __/stlah\__

[Kokuu]

Lovely dogs indeed.

This is Dotty, who is a wee bit smaller but none the less lovely I hope! She is a two year old Shih Tzu and has been helping all of us through lockdown.

https://postimg.cc/8FbnvNWQ

Gassho
Kokuu
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[Inshin]

Lovely dogs indeed.

This is Dotty, who is a wee bit smaller but none the less lovely I hope! She is a two year old Shih Tzu and has been helping all of us through lockdown.

https://postimg.cc/8FbnvNWQ

Gassho
Kokuu
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She's so graceful! Apparently during the first lockdown in Spain, people were renting their dogs out as walking dogs was one of very few reasons allowed to go out of the house :)
Gassho
Sat

[Jishin]

Our Australian Shepherd this morning.

Gassho, Jishin, __/stlah\__https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201113/0324cdc0f4e7d381a08154ac223b3755.jpg

[Shokai]

Beautiful !!!

gassho, Shokai
stlah

[Bion]

Hi, friends. It’s a foggy, wet day here in Spain and I came out for a walk. Snapped this a few moments ago.

[emoji1374] SatToday


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[Seikan]

Awesome Jake! Love both the tones and the perspective. :)

Gassho,
Rob

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[Jakuden]

Hi, friends. It’s a foggy, wet day here in Spain and I came out for a walk. Snapped this a few moments ago.

[emoji1374] SatToday


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Wow! That’s a cool pic, thank you Jake!

Gassho
Jakuden
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[Kiri]

Beautiful picture Jake!
Nikolas
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[Bion]

Beautiful picture Jake!
Nikolas
Sat/Lah

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ευχαριστώ [emoji1] I hope I wrote that correctly!

[emoji1374] SatToday

[Kiri]

ευχαριστώ [emoji1] I hope I wrote that correctly!

[emoji1374] SatTodayΠαρακαλώ! (You are welcome!)
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[Jishin]

Hi, friends. It’s a foggy, wet day here in Spain and I came out for a walk. Snapped this a few moments ago.

[emoji1374] SatToday


https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201117/083134fed4d815c0d764641cd07fec43.jpgGood eye!

Gassho, Jishin, __/stlah\__

[_Jd_]

Sunset over Pensacola Bay Florida, a few weeks ago. I think it looks like an oil painting.

Sat today.

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[Jundo]

Sunset over Pensacola Bay Florida, a few weeks ago. I think it looks like an oil painting.

Sat today.

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I am an old Ft. Lauderdale boy. Only looked like that about 5 in the morning. :encouragement: You guys on the Gulf get all the nice ocean sunsets.

Gassho, J

STLah

[Gareth]

Some pictures from some local gardens today

A picture of a picture being taken!
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Just nice view, we don’t see much snow
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Happy New Year :)
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[Meian]

I was alone for a time on New Year's Eve as midnight arrived. So I sat on the grass (was cold, but the energy of the Earth felt very good), and took pictures of the Moon and (relatively) black sky of the Universe.

I liked the silent/stark contrast to the fireworks, parties, and other things going on around the neighborhood.

Not the clearest photo, but it was about midnight .....https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210103/6df78d0d2de27106dae85d5d5b5eb86e.jpg

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[Shokai]

Awesome take! and, seated on the cold ground, brrrr.

gassho, Shokai
stlah

[Suuko]

That's the Buddha from my garden.

Gassho,
Sat today,
Guish.
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[Kyotai]

Our dog Bear. He loves his hikes through the woods and loves the snow. I even made him his own YouTube channel “BEAR Walks.” He is half Newfoundland and half Labernese.
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[Shokai]

Beautiful dog Kyotai

[Kyotai]

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Hiking with my family
Gassho Kyotai
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[Shokai]

Hey Kyotai;

Is that little girl holding onto your leash?:D

gassho, Shokai
stlah

p.s. great pic

[Kyotai]

Hey Kyotai;

Is that little girl holding onto your leash?:D

gassho, Shokai
stlah

p.s. great pic

always :D

Gassho, Kyotai
ST

[Jundo]

I have moved a couple of the older photo threads into our new "Photography" space, where these beautiful images can have a new home.

Gassho, Jundo
STLah

[Kenku]

Photos app thinks some of these Mala beads are faces.

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Kenkū

Sat today.

[Inshin]

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Winter
Warming my heart
With a thick blanket of snow.

Gassho
Sat

[Peterf]

Some attempts at a zen aesthetic
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Peterf
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[Peterf]

Just sitting
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Peterf
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[GrasshopperMan17]

7003 a picture of a burn pile smouldering that got me thinking about impermanence.

Gassho, John
ST/LAH

[GrasshopperMan17]

7004 also, a bonfire we made tonight. i find fire to be very spiritual to me.

Gassho, John
ST/LAH

[Ryusoku]

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Here are a few of my daylight street portraits made with a portable background in Perth, Western Australian. I make images of strangers I meet.

Gassho,

Ryusoku. (Brett)

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[Jishin]

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Here are a few of my daylight street portraits made with a portable background in Perth, Western Australian. I make images of strangers I meet.

Gassho,

Ryusoku. (Brett)

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They are amazing Ryusoku.

Gassho, Jishin, __/stlah\__

[Ryusoku]

Thank you Jishin, much appreciated.

Gassho,

Ryusoku.

[Tai Shi]

Gassho
sat/ lah
TaiShi

[Tai Shi]

That's Jundo for you, always cutting to the chase. In the hands of The Sisters of the Presentation all health, and Behavioral Health
Gassho
sat/ lah
TaiShi

[Tai Shi]

Many of you do such beautiful work, and well all of you! I wish I knew Photoshop Elements better, so I could show you my fine work with my DSLR cameras. I sent one home with Jundo when he visited about five years ago.
Gassho
sat/ lah
Tai Shi

[Jishin]

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Nice day for dog portraits.

Gassho, Jishin, __/stlah\__

[Heitou]

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Gassho
Heitou
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[JimInBC]

Our dog Arlo with our cat King George.

Gassho, Jim
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[Jishin]

Our dog Arlo with our cat King George.

Gassho, Jim
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Beatiful photo Jim!

Gassho, Jishin, __/stlah\__

[Tai Shi]

Not to to post dogs. We have a cat. Let me try to find a few pictures.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210322/5f0a367959606b9aeb33f48904368756.jpg


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[Tai Shi]

Not sure how to do one more of Pepper the Cat I’ll try!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210322/02a00a14aca786e79411260249765877.jpg


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[Tai Shi]

Now Alana the Cat we are babysitting for our daughter.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210322/977b475c210a09c9f4eff546ac139153.jpg


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[Tai Shi]

Alana’s native land is Japan
Gassho
sat
Tai Shi


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[bayamo]

Just a wicked sweet looking Bug... fun fact, in Brazil, VW Bugs are called Fusca (foo-ska) or Fusquinha (foo-ski-nyah) the -inha is a diminutive ending
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[bayamo]

Weird, don't know what happened to the pic on upload, sorry

[Prashanth]

As May ends, here's the Maibaum/Maypole which was erected in the first week of May in the small town in Germany where I live.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220524/ccb3ee3c9d3b7a5b78583d405d7ad232.jpg

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[bayamo]

Start the granddaughter on the cube early!!
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[Tai Do]

Just a wicked sweet looking Bug... fun fact, in Brazil, VW Bugs are called Fusca (foo-ska) or Fusquinha (foo-ski-nyah) the -inha is a diminutive ending
#sattodayhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220524/b99bae7ed6f856bf19516c3b177f5e2e.jpg

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I can really relate to that. My father-in-law used to have one Fusquinha and he was heartbroken when he had to sell it.
Thank you for the photo, Bayamo.
Sat/LAH
Mateus
Gassho

[bayamo]

Here's a plant sitting on an old bubbler in the hallway of where I live
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[bayamo]

Friday: beer, cubing, chess...
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[bayamo]

Coffee at the gas station/ hookah bar before work. Seriously, the convenience store is a hookah bar.
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[bayamo]

Good morning and a blessed Sunday to you all. My city has tree planters with Brazilian wildlife. Here's a sloth.
#sattodayhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220529/5a56aefd1815d7393541d601deac5343.jpg

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[Jundo]

Here's another sloth ...

https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog329512/Screenshot_2017-11-14_20_36_38--treeleaf-jundo.jpg

Gassho, J

STLah

[Bion]

Here's another sloth ...

https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog329512/Screenshot_2017-11-14_20_36_38--treeleaf-jundo.jpg

Gassho, J

STLah

Hahahahahaha

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[Prashanth]

Balance.


Gassho.

sat (in worry and a bit of anger, but still...)https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220529/4706280dda9c7d3eaa6de5b74c463179.jpg

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[bayamo]

Off work early, good time to finish the week with a beer and lunch
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[Prashanth]

Wanted to test a Revuenon 135mm lens on my good old Canon EOS30 film camera. Had some expired ORWO Pan 200 black and white film still in the camera.


gassho.

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[bayamo]

Oh yah, this is lunch. Feijoada, a pork and black bean stew, national dish of Brazil. It's amazeballz.
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[Jishin]

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Had some Brazilian food the other day. A rare find in Texas.

Gassho, Jishin, ST, LAH

[Tai Do]

Fried bananas, fried polenta and cheese bread are as Brazilian as feijoada. With a cold bear: nothing more Brazilian. Lovely meal!
Thank you, Jishin and Bayamo
Gassho,
Mateus
Sat/LAH

[bayamo]

Fried bananas, fried polenta and cheese bread are as Brazilian as feijoada. With a cold bear: nothing more Brazilian. Lovely meal!
Thank you, Jishin and Bayamo
Gassho,
Mateus
Sat/LAH[emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787] a cold Brahma or Skol ... maybe Antártica original
#sattoday

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[Jundo]

Yes, good thing that most Buddhists (outside China) are not strict vegetarians.

Tsukuba Chris and I headed to a new German pub here in Tsukuba yesterday for a couple of beers (in moderation, although that German Hefeweizen Hell and Alt combination did almost push the line on that!) and a couple of "something"wurst, whatever the below is (sorry, after the Hefeweizen Hell, the memory was slipping). It was good. Chris and I both biked there, about a 40 minute ride from my house. The ride home was a little harder than the ride to get there.

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Gassho, J

STLah

[Prashanth]

Yes, good thing that most Buddhists (outside China) are not strict vegetarians.

Tsukuba Chris and I headed to a new German pub here in Tsukuba yesterday for a couple of beers (in moderation, although that German Hefeweizen Hell and Alt combination did almost push the line on that!) and a couple of "something"wurst, whatever the below is (sorry, after the Hefeweizen Hell, the memory was slipping). It was good. Chris and I both biked there, about a 40 minute ride from my house. The ride home was a little harder than the ride to get there.

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Gassho, J

STLahLooks like a standard bratwurst....but what's that red stuff? Ketchup? Here in Germany, the "standard" condiment is mustard.

About beer: whatever you do, avoid the beers with the word "Doppelbock"...these are at a minimum 8% alcohol and will definitely make you drive someone else's Maserati parked next to the bike you originally rode on [emoji23].

Gassho

Sat

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[bayamo]

Oh man once I had a triplebock, made by trappist monks... knocked me out..
#sattoday

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[bayamo]

Me and the granddaughter
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[Prashanth]

Me and the granddaughter
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Gassho

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[Tai Do]

Me and the granddaughter
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Lovely, Bayamo.
Gassho,
Mateus
Sat/LAH

[Jundo]

Such a young grandpa! gassho2

Do you have her sitting Zazen yet? :p (just kidding, don't do that!) :encouragement:

Gassho, J

STLah

[Nengyoku]

Took the dogs on a long overdue walk today and found this lovely corner of the world.

https://imgur.com/a/RROzUSz

This poem came to me as I stumbled upon it.

How beautiful
This slice of the Dharma;
The monarch on her efflorescent throne

Gassho,
Nengyoku
Sat

[Rich]

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[Tai Do]

Yesterday, while I was taking my kids home from school, we saw this beautiful sunset and my oldest (11) took this photo.

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Gassho,
Mateus
Satlah

[Shōnin Risa Bear]

We "plan" to spend our twilight years with son Bjorn as his guests in the town place. We are moving him in from his apartment nearby, where he has lived for the last 10 years. In 2019 I built him and his sister a gym onto the back of the house, where he does his powerlifting.

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gassho
dssat,somelah

[Jundo]

We "plan" to spend our twilight years with son Bjorn as his guests in the town place. We are moving him in from his apartment nearby, where he has lived for the last 10 years. In 2019 I built him and his sister a gym onto the back of the house, where he does his powerlifting.

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gassho
dssat,somelah

Wow!

Are you also a power lifter, Shonin? :confused:

Gassho, J

STLah

[Shōnin Risa Bear]

Are you also a power lifter, Shonin?

I am a power lounger.

gassho
d. shonin lounged/lah today

[Tokan]

I am a power lounger.

gassho
d. shonin lounged/lah today

Power lifting clouds of ignorance and delusion perhaps???

Gassho, Tokan (satlah)

[Onki]

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One of the photos from our backpacking trip. I like that the bridge is a fallen tree in the woods. Something particularly nice about this.

Gassho,

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[Tai Do]

Spring has come to the Southern Hemisphere:

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Gassho,
Mateus
Satlah

[Tai Do]

More spring beauty, this time with spring destruction as well:

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Gassho,
Mateus
Sat

[Jishin]

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My son and I at The Western Wall, Jerusalem.

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[Jishin]

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Street market before Shabbat in Jerusalem.

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[Bion]

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Street market before Shabbat in Jerusalem.

Gassho, Jishin, ST, LAH

Well, Shalom! Look at all that delicious food there!!!!!
Looking handsome, Jishin! [emoji6]

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[Jishin]

Shalom shalom!

Gassho, Jishin, ST, LAH

[Meian]

Shabbat Shalom, Jishin. [emoji953][emoji1643][emoji485]

Gassho2, meian

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[Jishin]

Shabbat Shalom Meian!

Gassho, Jishin, ST, LAH

[Jundo]

Shalom shalom!

Gassho, Jishin, ST, LAH

You look more like the "Messiah" than me! ;) Or, at least a prophet or something. gassho2

Lovely photos.

Gassho, J

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[Jishin]

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[Huichan]

I thought I'd share some photos from some Buddhist temples and areas near me or that I've visited this year.

First ones are near where I live.

These ones are from a place called Sanxi, which is a village more known for it's traditional dragon boat festival. But just behind in the hills there's a really cool area with lots of arhats carved in the rocks. When you follow them up the hill, it takes you to a big Buddha statue at the top and there's some other statues and a small temple there. In a hill next to this, there's also a little temple that is overseen by a white Buddha statue.

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Below is from a bigger temple near me called Longquan Chan Temple, which is know for it's links with the Chan Master Baizhang Huaihai (from the Hongzhou School). His statue is in one of the photos. Apparently this was his first temple he went to as he born in the local area. I mentioned this temple in a thread about my practice (or lack of) in China.

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[Huichan]

The photos below are from when I visited Huangmei (a town that calls itself the home of Zen), where the fourth and fifth patriarch temples are located. I decided to visit after reading 'Zen Baggage' as I realised that this place is part of the same 'city' (maybe you'd call it a prefecture) as my wife is from, Huanggang (although it's geographically a big area, so only close in China terms).

I stayed in a hotel near the Fifth Patriarch Temple, which had a nice walk straight from the hotel on an old footpath. There were a few modern looking, new buildings as well as the older temple further up. Inside the new exbhition hall, there was a lot of information about the history of the temple.

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Unfortunately, the Fourth Patriarch Temple, was going through some reconstruction but it was really interesting to see it's pride it had in spreading Chan/Zen to other regions. There were loads of photos of foreigners on the walls (I've never seen that in a temple in China before), including Red Pine himself (quite a few times...). Due to the summer heat and having to catch a train, I didn't explore the surrounding areas of the main temple, which is supposed to be quite nice. I'm sure I'll have a chance to visit again though.

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Ross
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[Jundo]

gassho2 Lovely, Ross.

[Tai Shi]

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For our dear friends, may we yet, I did 4 years hope, and yet be.
Gassho
Tai Shi. sat/lah
Deep Bows.

[Tai Shi]

Please tell me who the fourth Patriarch is? Who had such a beautiful temple dedicated to him and why? What did he do to merit such architecture, or was he a mental apparition as in the Greek and Roman Gods, and was he much like most and many Gods, a simple reference to wild beautiful things, and/ or to forces we do not understand: life and death, All the all planets. all stars and origins and of the origin of life, and the universe and evidently many illnesses human and otherwise. Why such pictures?
sat/lah/Gassho
Deep bows

[Jishin]

Please tell me who the fourth Patriarch is? Who had such a beautiful temple dedicated to him and why? What did he do to merit such architecture, or was he a mental apparition as in the Greek and Roman Gods, and was he much like most and many Gods, a simple reference to wild beautiful things, and/ or to forces we do not understand: life and death, All the all planets. all stars and origins and of the origin of life, and the universe and evidently many illnesses human and otherwise. Why such pictures?
sat/lah/Gassho
Deep bows

You.

Gassho, Jishin, ST, LAH

[Jundo]

Please tell me who the fourth Patriarch is?

Here is about the Fourth Ancestor in China, Daoxin. Not much historically reliable information is known about him actually.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayi_Daoxin

The Fourth Ancestor's Temple, whose actual name is Chongdi Temple I believe, is where he was buried fourteen centuries ago.


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Gassho, Jundo

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[Jishin]

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[Jundo]

Jishin, that leaning tower is not the only tall white thing in the picture that is ancient and slightly askew. :p

Gassho, Jundo

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[Jishin]

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[Bion]

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WONDERFUL! Welcome to my neck of the woods… Sort of [emoji1]

Gassho
Sat and lah

[Jishin]

WONDERFUL! Welcome to my neck of the woods… Sort of [emoji1]

Gassho
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[Bion]

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Ah! Nice!! [emoji1]

Gassho
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[Kaitan]

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Some pictures I took at Tiantong Temple in Ningbo, China, where Dogen trained. However, since Dogen the buildings have be destroyed several times so the only remainings from that time may be the two lakes that are infront.

Here's a picture of a 800 year tree next to the lake, probably contemporary of Dogen :p

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And the facing wall room at first glance I thought it was the place to sit, but actually is only for rituals
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Gassho

stlah, Bernal

[Bion]

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Some pictures I took at Tiantong Temple in Ningbo, China, where Dogen trained. However, since Dogen the buildings have be destroyed several times so the only remainings from that time may be the two lakes that are infront.

Here's a picture of a 800 year tree next to the lake, probably contemporary of Dogen :p

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And the facing wall room at first glance I thought it was the place to sit, but actually is only for rituals
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Gassho

stlah, Bernal

Big WOW [emoji1] Thanks for sharing these!

Gassho
Sat and lah

[Tokan]

Thanks Nalber

A bit of history is always nice :encouragement:

Gassho, Tokan

satlah

[Tai Do]

Lovely photos, Bernal. It must have been a great experience to visit this temple so linked to our Soto lineage. Thank you for sharing!
Gassho,
Tai Do
Satlah

[Kaitan]

Lovely photos, Bernal. It must have been a great experience to visit this temple so linked to our Soto lineage. Thank you for sharing!
Gassho,
Tai Do
Satlah

Thank you, yes, despite being surrounded by masses of tourists the atmosphere was really chill. I was surprised that I didn't find any acknowledgment to Dogen. They speak about a Japanese monk, but it isn't Dogen. At same time they are aware that the place is very important for Japan.

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[Jishin]

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Wonderful visit with my good friend Doshin today. [emoji3]

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[Kotei]

It makes me happy seeing you together.
Thank you for sharing.
Gassho,
Kotei sat/lah today.

[Shokai]

Wonderful, good photos, Thanks for sharing those.

gassho, Shokai
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[Tai Do]

Great to be able to see these photos, Jishin.
Thank you for sharing.
Gassho,
Tai Do
Satlah

[Alina]

The Parana river, in Rosario, Argentina. We visited again for the holidays for the first time since covid, and I found a little time to sit alone and simply watch the river flow, as I used to do when I was in college :)

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[Shokai]

Alina;
Nice!!

gassho, Shokai

[Jundo]

The Parana river, in Rosario, Argentina. ... I found a little time to sit alone and simply watch the river flow ...


Maybe better to just sit by the side and watch, rather than to get in ...


So, are there Piranhas in the Parana River? In short, yes there are Piranha in the Parana river. The river is the second largest in Latin America and has good conditions for Piranha breeding. Fishbase lists 3 species predominantly using the river and periodically there are attacks which further provide proof. The most famous Piranha to inhabit the river is the Speckled Piranha.

https://piranhaguide.com/are-there-piranhas-in-the-parana-river/

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Gassho, J

stlah

** Actually, I know that Piranha fish are not as dangerous as made to be in old movies. Just kidding. Also, Piranhas are Buddha too. [gassholook]

[Alina]

Maybe better to just sit by the side and watch, rather than to get in ...



:eek: **

Gassho, J

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** Actually, I know that Piranha fish are not as dangerous as made to be in old movies. Just kidding. Also, Piranhas are Buddha too. [gassholook]

Hi Jundo,

It took me a few days to understand the joke, because for me, it's the "Río Paraná", with an accent in the last "a", so I thought maybe you were interested in piranhas... :D

The Paraná's piranhas are commonly called "palometas", they are not as dangerous as movie piranhas but can still bite people, especially in very hot days, so it's usually safe to be in the river, though I do prefer to just sit by the side and watch.

Now both pronunciations coexist in my head, and it makes me chuckle when I think of the "Paranha" river :D


Gassho

Alina
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