Today I chose this passage about the Twelve Link Chain of Causation and the reality of the illusion and ignorance which leads to suffering. Here in Charlotte we have witnessed first hand in our community the unrest and suffering caused by devaluing and unfairly treating our neighbors because of a difference in skin color. We have in affect based this injustice on an illusion of difference. I ask is the value of a diamond any…
I had a conversation the other day with a temple supporter who told me about an artist who uses words from various Buddhist texts to create some beautiful art. Immediately ideas began to pop up in my mind. So I have begun exploring the merging of text from the Lotus Sutra to a visual representation beyond merely words on paper. I’ve only done this for two days and this is what I have experienced. One…
This chapter opens with the parable about the cloud of rain that waters the plants in the land. Even though the plants have many differences they all are equally nourished by this rain. Early on in this project I did a piece of art which I donated to Myokei Shonin, Bishop of NONA. In the parable mention is made of roots, stems, branches and leaves of trees and grasses. This often does not get explained…
The translucent layers in both of the art pieces are representative of the multiple layers, the various ways of being in our lives. In each case nothing is completely covered over, nothing is eliminated and especially in the last piece every layer is required in order to form the whole. So too in our lives all of our outward self, our actions and behaviors are integral to who we are, even if they may at…
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