Prayer Flags - Tianmen Mountain by Alex Berger
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Traditionally, prayer flags are used to promote peace, compassion, strength, and wisdom. The flags do not carry prayers to gods, which is a common misconception; rather, the Tibetans believe the prayers and mantras will be blown by the wind to spread the good will and compassion into all pervading space. Lovely tradition.
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Working on reviving this blog after all the Twitter nonsense, so I'll be posting some art here and there. Vultures!
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A woodland, near a buddhist temple - Diqing tibetan prefecture, 2019
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An attempt to capture the surreal beauty and landscapes of Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India
June 2022.
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Practising Listening with Empathy, by Thich Nhat Hanh
Everyday Buddhist: Practising Listening with Empathy, by Thich Nhat Hanh http://wp.me/pFy3u-252
Yesterday, Sister True Virtue talked a little bit about the fourth precept concerning speaking and listening. This is a very deep practice. Listening is an art, and many people do not have the capacity for it, especially in the case of listening to the suffering of others. One reason for that is that in the listeners themselves, there is also much pain. The store consciousness is filled with pain…
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May 16, 2022: Nepalese men prepare to hang prayer flags offered by devotees during Buddha Jayanti, or Buddha Purnima festival, in Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal. The festival marks key events of Gautama Buddha’s life: his birth, his enlightenment, and his attaining a state of Nirvana that frees believers from the circle of death and rebirth.
(AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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June 14, 2021
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Kueghi Pokto, Bhutan - Devendra Gurung, June 2019
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