Shoun and His Mother
A wonderful Zen story that I re-discovered this week which gave me confort.
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Presence
Om Namah shivaya guraveSat chidananda murtayeNisprapanchaya shantayaNiralambaya tejase
Rantaperkyö
Bench with a view
There is this bench at the end of this line of trees. It stands there looking out at the frozen lake on the other side of the lake. Day. Night. Snow. Rain. It stands there and looks out. I look at it and think about the people who come here and sit on it. Looking at the landscape and are lost in their thoughts. Week after week. Month after month. Some of them are worrying. […]
Lake walk
The lake is frozen now and a thick layer of snow stops the noises that the ice layers makes. Cracks, pangs, and bubbling sound between water and ice. The snow is like a blanket that puts everything on hold until the temperature starts to rise, the days will get longer, and spring will push to open the door of the winter.
Let’s look forward
Read this quite from the head of NASA: ‘We are all citizens of planet hearth.‘ Let’s stop messing up with the planet. Let’s look forward. Happy new year to all of you, wherever you are.
Past one pm
It is just past one pm here in Kontiola. I am walking on the frozen Pyhäjärvi. The sun has started to go down and it will be dark by three pm. The temperature is about -20C and the cold seems to have stopped all the sounds and movements. Everything is still and quiet. I hear my crunchy footsteps on the frozen snow. Look up to the horizon and feel happy to be part of all […]
The holy lake
Pyhäjärvi, Kontiola 2021