Cellular Automata at 538 iterations of 1500. This automata starts from almost pure randomness and evolves into a crystalline pattern based on a simple rule. The nature of the automata's rule clearly emerged. Embrace Change The core of Buddhism is to accept that change is relentlessly constant, therefore we will be free from suffering if … Continue reading Life Out of Complexity – Bodhi Day 2020
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Resilience – Bodhi Day 2020
Life on Earth is the quintessence of resilience. Resilience If you're reading this here in November 2020, you're seeking the freedom from suffering that Siddhartha Gautama found on Bodhi Day about 2500 years ago. This Enlightenment isn't really that hard to find, especially around the Holiday Season we're just entering. Most have experienced this, at … Continue reading Resilience – Bodhi Day 2020
Space – Bodhi Day 2020
What are leaves without the spaces in between? Bodhi Season 2020 The Bodhi Season of 2020 starts in a month, December 1, 2020. The Bodhi Season consists of seven days of spiritual contemplation, ending with Bodhi Day, December 8. After seven days of contemplation, on Bodhi Day we may awaken to seeing the true nature … Continue reading Space – Bodhi Day 2020
No More Obstacles – Part 3 of the Bodhi Day 2020 Story
Is the past more illuminated than the future? We're pained from memories of the past. And those very same memories computes frightening unknown futures. We can intellectually know that the past doesn't exist anymore, at least for our physical bodies. We can intellectually know that the Universe is so complex, we can't possibly predict the … Continue reading No More Obstacles – Part 3 of the Bodhi Day 2020 Story
The Universe Between #000000 and #FFFFFF
We talk about the shades of gray between black and white. But there is an entire universe of colors in between. 1 We tend to favor binary choices among pairs of extremes. Why? Because with so many issues concurrently facing us in our complex lives we don't give ourselves time to ponder. We need a … Continue reading The Universe Between #000000 and #FFFFFF
Two Months Until Bodhi Day 2020
The leaf and the rock change at very different scales of time. With about two months to go before Bodhi Day 2020, December 8, 2020, I want to share a little hint for you to meditate upon in the meantime. The Heart Sutra begins: Avalokiteshvara, while practicing deeply with the Insight that Brings Us to … Continue reading Two Months Until Bodhi Day 2020
First Magic Plant Blooms 2020
Last night (May 28, 2020), just beginning to bloom. First Magic Plant bloom of 2020 - May 29, 2020. Last year I explained how Magic Plant got its name.
No Bodhi Knows the Trouble We’ve Seen …
Your Antibodhi reminding you of your Zen training. I made this special Memorial Day Bodhi cookie to look at as we begin our way out of lockdown. It's the Covid-19 antibodhi that will cure by reminding you of your real strength as you get back out there. Unless the reopening of Idaho changes within the … Continue reading No Bodhi Knows the Trouble We’ve Seen …
Lunar Bodhi Day 2019 Eve – Time
Tomorrow, January 2, 2020, is the "real" Bodhi Day. Tomorrow will be the 8th Day of the 12th Lunar month of the Chinese year 4717. Since for most of the world today (Jan 1, 2020) is New Year 2020 (new decade too), the subject of time is an appropriate topic for this short "pre lunar … Continue reading Lunar Bodhi Day 2019 Eve – Time
Merry Christmas! And It’s The Lunar Bodhi Season Eve
Merry Christmas, Everyone!! Below are the Bodhi/Christmas cookies of 2019. Enso Below is a close-up of the dorje cookie. The gap in the enso usually means something along the lines of "not-yet-perfect", that the journey still goes on. From a little different perspective, it reminds me of the constant change in the World. Specifically, the … Continue reading Merry Christmas! And It’s The Lunar Bodhi Season Eve
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