The Sacred Space

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  • How foolish you are,
    grasping the letter of the text and ignoring its intention!
    - Vasubandhu
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These are all taken at our local Tibetan Cultural Center/Monastery

One of the stupas on the grounds
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The sand mandala that is housed inside
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Close up of the sand to see how intricate it really is
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Prayer Wheels
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Close ups
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Inside the temple (I thought I had photos of outside but I don't seem to find them)Image

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These next photos I think are really neat. I love seeing the monks interact with children and the visit had a great impact on my children. (the little girl in purple is one of mine)
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He's helping the little ones make little paper prayer flags. My kids treasure theirs.
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I hope it's ok I shared all of these.
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Tara, your watercolor by your friend, Ven. Gyatso, is beautiful. There is a thangka painting class coming up in my area this fall, I am hoping to get in on it.

Om, thank you for posting the photos of the monastery and of your children, what a great experience for them! Is this monastery in San Antonio?
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Bhavana wrote:Tara, your watercolor by your friend, Ven. Gyatso, is beautiful. There is a thangka painting class coming up in my area this fall, I am hoping to get in on it.
Thank you. Sadly I am unable to pass your comment on to Ven. Gyatso as he died suddenly aged 38 on 29th July. I hope you get into the Thangka painting class. I was very fortunate to a have had a private guided tour, accompanied by Ven. Gyatso, of the Thangka painting classroom/studio, along with all the other classroom/workshops, at the Norbulingka Institute located near Dharamsala. The Thangkas created there are amazing.

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oh, I am sorry to hear about your friend and teacher. It is nice that you have his beautiful work of art to remember him by.

I am thinking of buying one, found some originals for sale for $50, proceeds going to Hosier Women's School - a school for poor and uneducated women in Nepal. I would like to have one to hang behind my bedroom altar.
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Somewhere along the Anapurna Circuit
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Kamakura, Japan
There is no suffering to be severed. Ignorance and klesas are indivisible from bodhi. There is no cause of suffering to be abandoned. Since extremes and the false are the Middle and genuine, there is no path to be practiced. Samsara is nirvana. No severance achieved. No suffering nor its cause. No path, no end. There is no transcendent realm; there is only the one true aspect. There is nothing separate from the true aspect.
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Tsedruk monastery in Khyungpo.


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Daimoku
Sun, Star, Moon Gods
Kitayama Hommonji, Fuji-no-miya, Japan

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Entrance
Nishiyama Hommonji, Fuji-no-miya, Japan

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Site of Nichiren's Hermitage
Minobu-san, Japan
There is no suffering to be severed. Ignorance and klesas are indivisible from bodhi. There is no cause of suffering to be abandoned. Since extremes and the false are the Middle and genuine, there is no path to be practiced. Samsara is nirvana. No severance achieved. No suffering nor its cause. No path, no end. There is no transcendent realm; there is only the one true aspect. There is nothing separate from the true aspect.
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Sariputta
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Maitreya in Tushita
There is no suffering to be severed. Ignorance and klesas are indivisible from bodhi. There is no cause of suffering to be abandoned. Since extremes and the false are the Middle and genuine, there is no path to be practiced. Samsara is nirvana. No severance achieved. No suffering nor its cause. No path, no end. There is no transcendent realm; there is only the one true aspect. There is nothing separate from the true aspect.
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There is no suffering to be severed. Ignorance and klesas are indivisible from bodhi. There is no cause of suffering to be abandoned. Since extremes and the false are the Middle and genuine, there is no path to be practiced. Samsara is nirvana. No severance achieved. No suffering nor its cause. No path, no end. There is no transcendent realm; there is only the one true aspect. There is nothing separate from the true aspect.
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Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto, Japan
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Wow.
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A picture I took at Byodo-in Temple in Hawaii. There's a very large Amida statue inside the open-air shrine room. I took some pictures of the statue but haven't yet developed the film.

Beautiful, peaceful place with temple cats sleeping peacefully among the wild chickens and birds.
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the foto isn't mine.
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Byodo-in Temple in The Valley of the Temples (this is mostly a cemetery) in Kaneohe, O'ahu, Hawai'i

“Where do atomic bombs come from?”
Zen Master Seung Sahn said, “That’s simple. Atomic bombs come from the mind that likes this and doesn’t like that.”

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Thanks for reviving this beautiful thread!
When walking, standing, sitting, lying down, speaking,
being silent, moving, being still.
At all times, in all places, without interruption - what is this?
One mind is infinite kalpas.

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