#Citipati #thangka, Lords of the Cemetery. #Tibet. 1400s.
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Bhaja Caves, Pune, Maharashtra.
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UNESCO's executive board on Thursday added Buddhist scriptures kept at Tokyo's Zojoji Temple to its Memory of the World register, making it the ninth Japanese inscription. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/18/japan/zojoji-buddhist-scriptures-unesco/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #unesco #temples #buddhism #zojoji

Daily #WabiSabi #Zen #Buddhism

Today we got lost on a mountain road but ended up at a beautiful temple I've always wanted to visit. Katsuō-ji (勝尾寺) in northern Ōsaka Prefecture is primarily associated with the Shingon sect, and might go back to Kūkai or earlier, but it also incorporates Daruma (Bodhidharma, who transmitted meditation practices from India to China that in Japan became Zen Buddhism). Yet it is more like folk religion in Japan when people pray to Daruma to achieve their goals. As a testament, innumerable Daruma dolls have been left to decorate Katsuō-ji. The temple is photogenic and, untypical of Japanese architecture that blends with nature, more flashy in colors that appeal to Asian and other tourists. Similarly, chanting of the Heart Sūtra and other Buddhist scriptures is amplified, so the experience is more exciting than contemplative. Having a Shintō shrine in the Buddhist temple, however, is a syncretic practice harking back to Kūkai.

#Japan #Osaka #religion #temple #Buddhism #Shinto
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La estatua budista Myogilsang es la escultura budista en piedra más grande de Corea, con 15 metros de altura y 9,4 m de ancho. Datada de la dinastía Koryo (918-1392) y situada en Corea del Norte, se encontraba en el interior de un templo dedicado a Manjushri, bodhisattva de la sabiduría, que fue destruido a finales de la dinastía Joseon (1392-1897). Nori-maki #Corea #Korea #Coreadelnorte #NorthKorea #budismo #buddhism

Some of you students of philosophy and religion may be interested in Buddha Weekly:

https://buddhaweekly.com/buddha-weekly/

I was particularly impressed by the video content on YouTube, which achieves the rare feat of being both entertaining and philosophically accurate. This one on the Parittas could have come from a Marvel movie!

https://youtu.be/pRJwmx2tpdM

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Standing #Buddha. A gorgeous 10th century Kurkihar Bronze of the Buddha from Bihar Museum in Patna.
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Good morning lovely people! Last night was one of the worst nights I've had in a while (night sweats and severe breakthrough restless leg) but I managed to chant myself into a better mood. Now, the challenge is to have a gentle, recovery day. But first, more tea and a morning garden inspection.
#today #shakyamuniMantra #buddhism

BDG feature: Thích Nhất Hạnh’s Engaged Buddhism During Wartime Vietnam, Part 1

Read here: https://tinyurl.com/mr65enz3

I told my wife that my understanding of Zen is that it's basically just realizing you're one with the universe. She suggested that it's like _The Secret_, that when you're enlightened you can manifest things with your mind.

I replied that it's actually the opposite. The secret is an extreme form of "grasping". That if you try and try and believe hard enough, you can make something happen. Zen is like, everything is going to happen or not happen, that's it.

I'm reading Alan Watts, _The Way of Zen_, and he's talking about how the words, ideas etc of conventional discourse are anthetical to understanding ultimate reality. I don't have an exact quote, but he mentions many times that we "fall in love" with our ideas and conceptions and measurements, that they're "hypnotizing".

Thinking of two things:

How people love to scroll social media, especially in the case of sites like Reddit, for the well-documented dopamine hit of new information

How things like TED talks further idolize "ideas" themselves, even when they are devoid of utility.

#workinprogress photo of a #painting being made by my friend Kem at his studio & gallery downtown; msg me if you're interested in this one once its finished ---

Hiked along the slope of the Eastern Mountains of Kyōto (東山), first up to the little-known Himukai Daijingū (日向大神宮), a little Shintō shrine whose grandiose name borrows from the ancient and most-revered Ise Jingū after which its architecture is modeled. Then to the iconic Zen Buddhist temple Nanzenji (南禅寺), and along Philosophy Road (哲学の道) to the Silver Pavilion Ginkakuji (銀閣寺). Then as now there was a shortage of silver, even to the Ashikaga Shōguns, so the pavilion was never gilded, but with its similarlity to the Golden Pavilion Kinkakuji and topped by a phoenix, it is nevertheless charming. Sakura cherry blossoms at their best all along the way, with other spring flowers like magnolia and early-blossoming purple azaleas, made for a long and aesthetically pleasing hike.

#Japan #Kyoto #mountains #spring #sakura #cherry #blossoms #magnolia #azalea #flowers #Shinto #shrine #Buddhism #Buddhist #temple #hiking #architecture #phoenix #photos #photography

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Some pictures of spring tree blossoms and of the 'peace pagoda' in Battersea Park, London which I took recently.

Diadema budista tibetana del siglo XIX de cobre dorado con 5 calaveras, representando los 5 tathāgatas de la sabiduría, emanaciones del Buda primigenio. Era usada por los oráculos durante el trance en los rituales de adivinación.Instituto de Arte de Chicago #budismo #buddhism #tibet

new #art by Apisit, oil paint on canvas, available; msg me if interested ~