Impermanence, suffering and non-self – 3 marks of existence
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Macro Mondays : My Daily Routine
HMM to all!!
I firmly believe that religious practices and rituals add powerful dimension of symbol and meaning to one’s life. So, the most significant task in my daily routine is meditating for half an hour in the evening after offering flowers and lighting an oil lamp to Gautama Lord Buddha. The oil lamp represents the light of wisdom that illuminates the darkness and ignorance and flowers are symbolic of the impermanence of life.
Fragiles lys et neiges éternelles (qui ne le sont plus...)
Fragile lilies and eternal snow (not anymore we can see it now...)
Le Jardin des Cîmes, Plateau d'Assy.
Haute Savoie, France.
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24:52 - Something fragile
Life is fragile, like the dew hanging delicately on the grass, crystal drops that will be carried away on the first morning breeze.
~ Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
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Last week’s shot represented the First Noble Truth of Suffering, where we recognise that our lives aren’t perfect and that throughout our existence, we experience quite a bit of dissatisfaction. From our birth to our inevitable death, like butterflies we hop endlessly from one flower to another looking for fulfillment, but fail to find it.
But why? We do we suffer in this way?
The Second Noble Truth, the Truth of Origin provides a one word answer to the question: ‘ignorance’.
This isn’t ignorance in terms of not being good at mathematics or not knowing how to bake a cake; rather we are blinded by an ignorance of the way phenomena exist in reality.
In our daily lives, we see things as so permanent and solid. Because of this we work so hard to obtain the latest gadgets, the most beautiful partner and as much wealth as we can. Let’s take me and my partner as an example. Oh, how I love him! Not only that but I feel like it’ll last forever, and I want it to as well. But in reality the feelings I have for him (or vice versa!) might change. Lovers change. Friends become enemies. Nothing is permanent, and everything is in a constant state of flux. But we don’t realise this, and when the relationship ends, or the iPad breaks, the tears roll.
We also don't understand how phenomena arise, which is through dependent origination And yet there is no phenomenon in existence that is not the result of dependent origination – that all results must have a cause. We continue to see things as extremely concrete and independent, which causes attachment and aversion to arise. Take a nice camera. I don’t just see a nice camera, I see a beautiful, independent, permanent, concrete, expensive camera. Oh, and it’ll make me happy too! Or someone who offends me. UGH! Instead of just a person, I see an evil, horrible, mean eternal archenemy out to get me.
But things aren’t like that, they aren’t concrete or permanent. Your worst enemy becomes a best friend. Countries at war become countries helping each other through economic turmoil. Nice cameras become old, useless, rusty cameras.
Without an understanding of impermanence and dependent origination, our deluded minds react to experiences verbally, physically and mentally in thirsty ( ‘thirst’ or ‘tanha’ in Pali) ways – where we crave for something, where we crave for more, and where we crave for less. The suffering is not the beautiful thing itself, it's our craving to it.
As long as this deluded mind is present, there is no escape from this cycle.
Matt
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6:52 Impermanence
Princes Pier was constructed between 1912 and 1915 by the Melbourne Harbour Trust to supplement the adjacent Station Pier (originally the 'Railway Pier'). From completion in 1915 until 1969 it was also a major arrival point for new migrants, particularly during the post-war period. In addition to a pier, there was a gatehouse and barriers, terminal building, amenities rooms, goods lockers, ablution blocks, railway sidings and passenger gangways.
With the containerisation boom the pier became unused, being closed to public access in the early 1990s due to the poor timber condition, and squatters caused a fire in the late 1990s that destroyed the store structures. In the three years to 2004, 14 fires occurred. After a reconstruction program the pier reopened to the public in December 2011...its now a popular fishing and photography haunt ....
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au bout des grands déserts d'herbes qui n'en finissent pas de voir trembler le jour, l'absence est une apparition.
A. Velter
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au bout des grands déserts d'herbes qui n'en finissent pas de voir trembler le jour, l'absence est une apparition.
A. Velter
La maison familiale se vide peu à peu.
Déserte son âme.
Dans les meubles, le bureau, des centaines de photos, jusqu'à six générations.
Une impression de vide, de désolation mais en même temps, une sensation de chaleur interne. Une dichotomie étourdissante, difficile à vivre.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
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".... and here's a secret for you- everything beautiful is sad....gilded by impermanence..."- John Geddes 'A Familiar Rain'
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I still don't know what I was waiting for
And my time was running wild
A million dead-end streets
And every time I thought I'd got it made
It seemed the taste was not so sweet
So I turned myself to face me
But I've never caught a glimpse
Of how the others must see the faker
I'm much too fast to take that test
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
(Turn and face the strange)
Ch-ch-changes
Don't want to be a richer man
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
(Turn and face the strange)
Ch-ch-changes
Just gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me
But I can't trace time
I watch the ripples change their size
But never leave the stream
Of warm impermanence and
So the days float through my eyes
But still the days seem the same
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
(Turn and face the strange)
Ch-ch-changes
Don't tell them to grow up and out of it
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
(Turn and face the strange)
Ch-ch-changes
Where's your shame
You've left us up to our necks in it
Time may change me
But you can't trace time
Strange fascination, fascinating me
Changes are taking the pace
I'm going through
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strange)
Ch-ch-changes
Oh, look out you rock 'n rollers
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
(Turn and face the strange)
Ch-ch-changes
Pretty soon now you're gonna get older
Time may change me
But I can't trace time
I said that time may change me
But I can't trace time
Nothing is forever.... (not an old industrial building, and not a pandemic!)
A closeup of a wall inside an old ruin of a former power plant near Berlin.
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stamens lily
If one flower has a meaning, it is the lily. The lily is literally full of symbolism; she represents amiability, purity, love, fertility, femininity, unity and impermanence, all in one flower.
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au bout des grands déserts d'herbes qui n'en finissent pas de voir trembler le jour, l'absence est une apparition.
A. Velter
stamens lily
If one flower has a meaning, it is the lily. The lily is literally full of symbolism; she represents amiability, purity, love, fertility, femininity, unity and impermanence, all in one flower.
A new post on my blog to accompany this photo: www.poeticimageryfineartphotography.com/blog/2015/11/19/i...
Désolée, mes amis français... mon blog est en anglais.
Какого цвета слово георгин?
Шар золотой, и пурпур, и рубин,
И киноварь, что значит кровь дракона.
Он царственного бархата кармин
И золото октябрьского трона,
И пламенем исполненный камин.
Осенняя червонная корона –
Созвездие пунцовых георгин....Георгин на языке цветов означает – каприз, непостоянство. Дарящий георгины говорит: "Ты мне очень нравишься, но я ничего не обещаю", "Я не готов к серьезным отношениям", "Зачем все усложнять?"
Японии, наоборот, считают, что георгин символ всепобеждающей силы жизни; новость; хороший вкус, величие, благодарность.
Маги утверждают, что, увидев во сне свежие яркие георгины, можно надеяться на счастливую судьбу...Гаснет день...
Словно в песне старинной,
Выхожу я в заброшенный сад
Посмотреть как цветут георгины,
Строгой прелестью радуя взгляд.
И как будто застыв в изумленье
От своей неземной красоты,
Молчаливо приемлют почтенье
Величавые эти цветы -
Как надменные, знатные гранды,
Что идут, не касаясь земли,
Как на старых полотнах инфанты,
Как портрет королевской семьи.
Алла Волчек.
................What color is the word dahlia?
The ball is golden, and purple, and ruby,
And cinnabar, which means dragon's blood.
He's a regal velvet carmine
And the gold of the October throne,
And a fireplace filled with flames.
Autumn Crown of Hearts –
A constellation of crimson dahlias. Dahlia in the language of flowers means – caprice, impermanence. The giver of dahlias says: "I really like you, but I don't promise anything", "I'm not ready for a serious relationship", "Why complicate everything?"
Japan, on the contrary, believes that the dahlia is a symbol of the all-conquering power of life; news; good taste, greatness, gratitude.
Magicians claim that, having seen fresh bright dahlias in a dream, one can hope for a happy fate.....The day goes out...
As if in an old song,
I go out into an abandoned garden
See how dahlias bloom,
Strict charm pleasing the eye.
And as if frozen in amazement
From his unearthly beauty,
Tacitly accept respect
These flowers are majestic -
Like haughty, noble grandees,
That they walk without touching the ground,
As in the old paintings of the Infanta,
Like a portrait of the royal family.
Alla Volchek
These flowers grow in my garden, the same grow at my friend Steve! Proudly arching their backs,
dahlias strive upward.
So that even over the fence,
to see their beauty with your eyes....
Buddhist flower meditation :
Fresh and beautiful flowers of today will become withered and ugly tomorrow.
Imagine that you are a beautiful flower. What kind of flower are you? See the colours of your petals. Appreciate that you are now a beautiful flower.
Someone comes along and buys you from the flower shop. She puts you into a vase filled with water. You are gently sucking up the water and blooming more beautifully than before. You are fresh and sending off a sweet fragrance. The lady puts you on the table and offers you to the Buddha. You stand beautifully in the vase, bringing joy and happiness to people's hearts when they see you.
One day has passed. Slowly, the colour of your petals becomes dull. You are no longer sending off a sweet fragrance. Your petals become withered and discoloured. You are ugly and faded.
Although you are a withered flower, you are still happy in your heart. You know that you have an important role to play. Your role is to remind people of the Buddha's teaching that all things are impermanent. All things are constantly going through change. Everyone's body too, like your petals, will wither and pass away. Everyone should keep impermanence in mind and live in the present.
Impermanence of Life, Let nature take it is course.
Please don't get me wrong, you still have to do what you should do!
Do things right, Avoid feeling depressed !
Since Japan once ruled Taiwan,
Taiwan has many Japanese-style buildings.
Japanese-style architecture is full of exoticism.
Good luck, happy weekend！
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生命無常，順其自然。
請不要誤會我的意思，您仍然必須做應該做的事情！
正確地做事，避免情緒低落！
由於日本曾經統治台灣，
台灣有許多日式建築。
日本風格建築充滿異國情調。
祝你好運，周末愉快！
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La impermanencia de los elementos. …El momento infinitesimal llevado al ksana , en el cual nada persiste en el mismo espacio-tiempo . Así Ksana a Ksana como si de un vídeo se tratara, se mueve el ciclista por la imagen. Está sería mi concepción del barrido fotográfico, desde el punto de vista del pensamiento Budista… F.O.G.
English:
The impermanence of the elements. … The infinitesimal moment brought to ksana, in which nothing persists in the same space-time. So Ksana to Ksana as if it were a video, the cyclist moves through the image. This would be my conception of a photographic sweep, from the point of view of Buddhist thought ... F.O.G.
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30 second day time long exposure - nd110 + circ. pol. at princes pier, port melbourne taken around 1630 hours on 25 March 2012
6:52 Impermanence
This is Cochrane where we've lived for the past 5 years.
The Rockies started to form out of marshland 120 million years ago and all the time weather and glaciers erode them - they are changing always.
It's believed native Canadians used this area as a summer camp for at least 4000 years - every time I look out of the window I understand why they called them the Shining Mountains, and if you squint a little I think you can imagine this land as it was then. The hamlet of Cochrane became a village in 1903 after a ranch was established in 1881. Now we're nearly 23,000 people and still growing. I love where I live and I hope that's permanent :) Though, who knows?
Oh, and this is my first attempt at stitching a panorama in LR, the images looked a lot sharper before they were merged.
Vers Pont du Gard, 2019
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