Snowdrops, Buddha, and Parsley

My mother’s birthday, the second of March, the eternal hope of snowdrops Gathered from a seaside garden…

Whose Bounty Is Greater than the Buddha?

In Buddhist sutras there is such a case. A man was learning from an Arhat, who is one of the Buddha’s disciples. When he saw the Buddha the first time, his Guru was there, too. He prostrated to his Guru first, then to the Buddha. The Buddha commended him: you should do like this.

Letting go, careless, emptiness?

In the world there is such kind of a person, he has neither his own opinion nor any goal of life, muddling along with everybody. He likes to get involved in anything that has nothing to do with him, and wags his tongue too freely. As time passes, people will all get bored…

You Are What You Eat, Reconsidered … You Eat What You Are: How Mood Affects Your Food

I Know Why The Buddha Smiles (for Stella)

Your Buddha smile reminds me
there are rightful states of
happiness and bliss
which are…

Stories of Things — The Ceramic Buddha

The little ceramic Buddha sits on the shelves above my fireplace. He’s about ten inches tall…