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Wat Matchimawat, Songkhla, Thailand. 1974. Scanned transparency. “Three Jewels” - the Buddha, the Dhamma (the four noble truths, including the eight-fold path) and the Sangha (the order of monks) – are the refuge of the Theravada Buddhist.
The bell rings softly—
not a call to act,
not a command to stay.
In stillness the sangha breathes,
in movement the sangha breathes.
Even a thought of service
is service,
if held with care.
Sit, breathe,
and when the time comes,
the bell will find you.
Breath without boundary,
The koan rides the silence —
No thought, no time, no self.
Just this creamy stillness,
Drinking the whole sky.
The large monastery complex of Yarchen Gar
Located in an isolated valley 4000m above sea level, where the river Dzin Chu flow through, in Pelyül (Ch Baiyu) County, Kandze T.A.P (Ch Ganzi), Yarchen Gön ཡ་ཆེན་དགོན།, Monastery is a Nyingma Sect. Yarchen Gar built in 1985. With more than 10,000 Sangha members now, it's the largest concentration of nuns and monks in the world. Most of the Sanghas are nuns.
The bell rings softly—
not a call to act,
not a command to stay.
In stillness the sangha breathes,
in movement the sangha breathes.
Even a thought of service
is service,
if held with care.
Sit, breathe,
and when the time comes,
the bell will find you.
The bell rings softly—
not a call to act,
not a command to stay.
In stillness the sangha breathes,
in movement the sangha breathes.
Even a thought of service
is service,
if held with care.
Sit, breathe,
and when the time comes,
the bell will find you.
A monk in Thailand is treated with great respect, and the institution itself is highly revered. The Sangha is the official Order of Monks. Becoming a monk in Thailand is a way of earning honor or merit for one's parents. Those who cannot become full-pledged monks, perhaps due to financial obligations to the family, for example, may do a 3-month Buddhist retreat instead as a short period of service to the monastery.
This photo shows a monk who has served and is about to leave the monastery. You will see the older ordained monks in the front near the altar giving their blessings.
I posted a second photo to show the beauty of the Buddha in this temple. This is in the Marble temple, the only temple in Thailand made of Italian marble. The King at the time of this temple's construction was raised and studied in the West, and had a fancy for things European, thus this marble temple.
Good night my friends. It is almost midnight and time to go to sleep! See you in the morning!
Lon carrying gear in wheelbarrow; Pokola, Ouesso, Sangha Region, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) 1996. We showed up uninvited to Pokola, a company town. People invited us to stay at their house and were very friendly. The company probably didn't know what to think of us, and although we didn't have any direct contact with them, they didn't seem to object to our coming there.
Man standing in canoe, smooth surface; Sangha River, Sangha Region, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) 1996
Breath without boundary,
The koan rides the silence —
No thought, no time, no self.
Just this creamy stillness,
Drinking the whole sky.
Breath without boundary,
The koan rides the silence —
No thought, no time, no self.
Just this creamy stillness,
Drinking the whole sky.
Sunrise on the river Sangha in northern Congo. The Sangha is one of the main access points to the Nouabale-Ndoki National Park. The Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park (NNNP) covers over 4,000km² of intact lowland rainforest in northern #Congo, harboring important populations of large mammals, including forest elephants, western lowland gorillas and chimpanzees. #landscape
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at the 1st ever people of color mindfulness retreat hosted by Deer Park Monastery in 2004.
the monastery, located in escondido,ca, was established by the Buddhist monks and nuns of the Thich Nhat Hanh tradition from viet nam. it is named after the park near the city of benares in ancient India where over 2,500 years ago, Shaykamuni Buddha gave his 1st teaching after attaining enlightenment. this teaching became known as "Turning the Dharma Wheel."
Older Baka woman with a cloth necklace and earring; Baka Pygmy village near Pokola, Ouesso, Sangha Region, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) 1996
Net hunting in Dzanga Sangha national park in the Central African Republic with a group of Bayaka pygmires.
Subsistence hunting has become an increasingly precarious way of life as the forests become increasingly denuded as a result of commercial bush meat poaching made easier by new roads built of industrial logging concessions.
Trees and single hut by shore, reflections water; Sangha River, Sangha Region, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
Small village on banks of river; Ngombe on Sangha River, Sangha Region, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) 1996
Girl having hair tied into thin braids; Pokola, Ouesso, Sangha Region, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) 1996
Touched by Light
The light opens — warm, wordless, wide.
No need to chase the sky.
I bow to breath, to bones, to broom.
This moment is enough.
Breath without boundary,
The koan rides the silence —
No thought, no time, no self.
Just this creamy stillness,
Drinking the whole sky.
Touched by Light
The light opens — warm, wordless, wide.
No need to chase the sky.
I bow to breath, to bones, to broom.
This moment is enough.