#buddhist

[thezenangel]

[nazzirithe]

"Do you remember me?"

The Wandering Monk continued

Done on procreate

[warrioroflight5000]

I've been saying his assassination attempt was bull shit! Think about it, no one knows the shooter's name! He would have been more infamous than Luigi Mangione!!

[fiercerthanyou]

Tibetan carved kapala !

Courtesy: Klemens (Asian Art Forum)

[along-the-silkroad]

Taishakuten (Indra/Śakra), Japanese, 839, at Tō-ji, a Shingon Buddhist temple in the Minami-ku ward of Kyoto, Japan.

Indra, also called Śakra (“the powerful”), is the ruler of the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven in Buddhist cosmology and is known as the “Lord of the Devas.” His name and role originate in the Rigveda, and he appears across many Asian traditions under different names (e.g., Dìshìtiān in China, Taishakuten in Japan).

He resides atop Mount Meru, in a heaven closely connected to the human world. Although long-lived, Śakra is not immortal—each one is eventually replaced by another deity.

Śakra is married to Sujā, daughter of an asura leader, reflecting a complex relationship between gods and asuras, who are often in conflict. Despite this, he is portrayed as a wise ruler who avoids unnecessary violence.

In Buddhist texts like the Jataka tales, Śakra frequently appears as a moral figure who consults the Buddha. Alongside Brahmā, he is regarded as a protector (dharmapala) of Buddhism.

[commonplacebuddhism]

In Buddhist meditation we do not struggle for the kind of enlightenment that will happen five or ten years from now. We practice so that each moment of our lives becomes real life. When we meditate, we sit just for sitting; we don't sit for something else. If we sit for twenty minutes, these twenty minutes should bring us joy and life. If we practice walking meditation, we walk just for walking, not to arrive anywhere. We have to be alive each step, and if we are, each step brings real life back to us.

— Thich Nhat Hanh, The Other Shore

[ancientsstudies]

Okunoin Cemetery by jon_wooden.