Category: shakyo

Know All These Illusions

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…

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Shakyo Practice – Meditative Sutra Copying

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…

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