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Buddhapada

31 Wednesday Jan 2018

Posted by Candia in art, Arts, mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Sculpture

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Buddha, Buddhapada, Canberra, petrosomatoglyph

Buddhapada

 

Going to do another one, as I think I spoilt this one by using chalk

too vigorously.  Saw the originals at The Ashmolean and some

others in Canberra and became fascinated by

petrosomatoglyphs in general.

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Even a Samurai Sobs

27 Wednesday Dec 2017

Posted by Candia in Environment, Literature, Nature, Philosophy, Poetry, Summer 2012, Writing

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Buddha, choka, Kamono An Account of My Hut, samurai, Todaiji

(Image Todaiji Buddha: Wikipedia)

 

When a child is crushed

in a terrible earthquake,

even a samurai sobs.

The after- tremors:

they are quite terrifying.

It was bad enough

when the Todaiji Buddha’s

head fell off, so long ago.

But, what did it signify?

Anything at all?

Man’s vanity was rife then

and it exists now.

What is the point of trying

to analyse it?  No point.

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First Month Temple Visit

16 Thursday Nov 2017

Posted by Candia in Community, Literature, Personal, Poetry, Relationships, Religion, Romance, Social Comment, Writing

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Buddha, conch, Hase temple, Pillow Book

Still inspired by The Pillow Book (10th century Japan)

(Wikimedia Commons; Third Princess)

At Hase Temple,

there was a vulgar scrabble

to see the Buddha

and to present petitions.

A conch shell would blast

and a bell reverberate.

Your own devotions

could easily be side-tracked

by other pilgrims’ requests.

The devout will pray

practically the whole day;

some even at night,

but a few young men

just go to meet girls.

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Lumbini and Beyond

04 Saturday Nov 2017

Posted by Candia in mythology, Poetry, Religion, Social Comment, Writing

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Big Foot era, Buddha, Empress Wu Zetian, lotus, Lumbini Park

The baby’s first steps

were reputedly seven.

A lotus blossomed,

marking the length of each stride.

On the last, he spoke:

There will be no more comings!

All over the world

petrosomatoglyphs* show

authoritative imprints.

(The Big Foot Era

was inaugurated by

Empress Wu Zetian.)

Messiahs, kings and despots

thereafter trampled the Earth.

 

  •  footprints impressed in stone

(Wikimedia Commons. Image: Tido, 1993. Lumbini Stupa)

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Thirty Six Views of Mt Fuji Post 1

02 Sunday Jul 2017

Posted by Candia in Animals, art, Arts, Community, Environment, mythology, Nature, Nostalgia, Philosophy, Poetry, Relationships, Religion, Writing

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Asakusa, Buddha, cranes, Custom Pine, Enoshima, geisha, Meguro, Mount Fuji, pagoda, Sazai Hall, shogun, Suma, The Great Wave

 

 

They won’t be engulfed

as the wave is not constant,

unlike Mount Fuji.

Red Fuji southern wind clear morning.jpg

 

Though clouds surround it,

they condense on Mount Fuji;

collide and stream down.

 

Lightnings below the summit.jpg

 

Incoming rainstorm

darkens one flank of Fuji;

its opposite basks.

 

Fuji seen through the Mannen bridge at Fukagawa.jpg

 

The bridge dominates

until you see the mountain,

framed by its supports.

 

The Fuji seen from the Mishima pass.jpg

 

Everyone ignores

what the weather is up there:

noses to grindstone.

 

The coast of seven leages in Kamakura.jpg

 

Compared to Fuji,

the Custom Pine seems bigger.

That’s an illusion.

 

Senju in the Musachi provimce.jpg

 

Tending to your horse;

casting your line in the lake:

Fuji’s your backdrop.

 

Inume pass in the Kai province.jpg

 

Some will go ahead.

I look after the horses.

Fuji protects me.

 

Fujimi Fuji view field in the Owari province.jpg

 

The cycle of work…

you turn your back on Nature,

but you have to eat.

 

Ejiri in the Suruga province.jpg

 

The wind buffets here;

we are unable to stand.

Imagine up there!

 

A sketch of the Mitsui shop in Suruga street in Edo.jpg

 

No one flies a kite

from the summit of Fuji:

they would disappear.

 

Sunset across the Ryogoku bridge from the bank of the Sumida river at Onmagayashi.jpg

The mountain reflects

the vicissitudes of life

down at our level.

 

Sazai hall - 500 Rakan temples.jpg

 

See, from Sazai Hall,

an excellent view is had

over the still lake.

 

Tea house at Koishikawa. The morning after a snowfall.jpg

 

Snowed in, the geisha

take delight in bird-watching

and white-capped Fuji.

 

Shimomeguro.jpg

 

Farmers, falconers

below Meguro work hard:

Fuji their shogun.

 

Watermill at Onden.jpg

 

The water wheel turns

because melted snow flows down

from Fuji’s cold slopes.

 

Enoshima in the Sagami province.jpg

 

Sails, roofs, pagoda

of Enoshima echo

conical Fuji.

 

Shore of Tago Bay, Ejiri at Tokaido.jpg

 

Part 2 – next 18 views on following post.

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Chinese Restaurant Think Tank

25 Monday Jul 2016

Posted by Candia in Humour, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Psychology, Relationships, Social Comment, Travel, Writing

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Buddha, edible snake, Longevity, proverb, think tank, traditional Chinese restaurant

(Table Setting 5/10/12: photo by micah sittig

flickr.com/photos/msitttig/4675623306)

 

 

If you want to be a nine hundred year

old fish, then stay at the back of the tank,

our guide quipped.  A proverb?  But I heard fear

from a not too distant past, when some sank

without trace.  Huge frogs with bulbous eyes

hunkered behind smaller fry: plump Buddhas,

withdrawing from contact, like all the wise-

too intellectual for consumption. As

we eschewed the coiled snakes and frilled reptile,

we saw longevity and survival

was to become what others revile:

thus to outlive an attractive rival.

 

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