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Kamakura by จ ะ เ ที่ ย ว ไ ป ไ ห น

Hope to go here one day.

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A favorite from my collection - this luminous little one from the 1960s.

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Art by Yuri Norstein from the short film 'Goodnight night little ones'.

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Traditional Country Style, 1991

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'The Wind in the Willows' by Kenneth Grahame, illustration by Inga Moore.

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- A message from 23 nights temple -

“Look for strengths to praise rather than weaknesses to blame.”

-二十三夜堂からのメッセージ-

“責めるべきところより、褒めるべきところを探しましょう。”

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#9361 Copyright © Takeuchi Itsuka. All Rights Reserved.

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❤️🥰

Midnight 🌌

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If someone defames and disgraces you, that is simply the result of having criticized and dishonored others in the past, especially bodhisattvas. Instead of feeling angry with such people, you should feel grateful to them for giving you the opportunity to purify your past misdeeds. In all circumstances, it is important to act in accordance with the teachings - but especially at such moments.

What is the point of having received teachings if you do not apply them? Unfavorable circumstances are the best opportunity you will have to put the teachings into practice.

~Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche - The Heart of Compassion: The Thirty-seven Verses on the Practice of a Bodhisattva

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Exhausted People

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Today I woke up early, had a quick breakfast and hopped on a train to Kennington to join a meditation class at Jamyang Buddhist Centre. It’s my second time. I befriended the teacher, Roy, a man in his 70s and a good friend of my colleague Mike, and asked him questions regarding mudras. I love the room where the classes take place - it’s beautiful: so simple and full, it needs nothing more than what it already has. The white sky is reflected on the old wooden floors.

Just outside there’s a small house - more like a small room detached from the rest of the building but within the same complex. I stood on my tips in the hopes of catching more details. From the small window I noticed a chain of fairy lights and a large thangka hanging on the white wall. A small lamp beyond the window suggested a shelf or a desk.

I took a picture of the room before leaving, as I would love my space to look just like that one day.

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'Bamboo Grove' (Japanese, 1939) by Hiroshi Yoshida  (1876–1950).

Woodblock print.

San Diego Museum of Art

Wikimedia.

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Tametomo and the Wolf Pups, from the series Ten Admirable Deeds of Tametomo by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1847-48)