Friday, December 07, 2007

Buddha Belly



I have this awesome plant called a Buddha Belly. I moved it into my room so it could get more sun. It's beautiful.



Here's its namesake, the Laughing Buddha.



Last incarnated as a jovial Chinese bodhisattva who lived 1,000 years ago, the same bodhisattva who will become Maitreya, the laughing buddha is happiness incarnate.

And as the Tao says, There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.

3 Comments:

At 10:25 PM, Blogger RAFIII said...

All my life I have been lazy,
Hating anything solemn, finding light matters
more congenial.
Others may study how to make a profit,
I have my single roll of scripture.
I do not bother to fit it with roller or case,
Or trouble to carry it here and there.
Like a doctor prescribing a medicine
for each disease,
I use what remedy is at hand to save the world.
Only when the mind is free of care
Can the light of understanding shine
in every corner.

-Han Shan (742 a.d.?) (Manjusri?)

DEEPPRESENCEPEACEOFOUTERSPACETOYOU

 
At 5:25 PM, Blogger Katy Fischer said...

I fix! I rotate, with Photoshop medicine!

 
At 9:44 PM, Blogger Mandy F said...

thanks, kate, my computer act stupid yesterday.

 

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