The Pure Land in Poverty ....

在印度的日子, 有如進入地獄的悲傷....
看到的是沿路傷殘的乞丐，老人，小孩...
沒有拐杖，更沒有輪椅，
只有用雙手在地上爬行....
有的人則是枯瘦到肋骨都一一顯現。
不是ㄧ兩個這樣的, 而是上幾百個....

眼裡充滿了恐懼，驚嚇， 渴望，無助...
然而，在我們的眼中， 卻也是泛著淚光的充滿
恐懼，驚嚇， 渴望，與無助...

我們到了全印度最窮的地方,
諷刺的，卻也是最神聖的淨土。

康楚仁波切教我們在這ㄦ做大佈施，大供養...
一包米，一包糖，ㄧ罐油，一袋豆子, ㄧ條毯子，
ㄧㄧ發送給每個需要的人，
此時我們的心是極脆弱的，
幾乎淌血的感受他們的苦...

在恆河的沙海中，
我們又是何得何能享有今日短暫的富裕?

A River Sutra ....: 河經

In the futrue years...

A friend asked me, have I really been these places; yes, I did. However, not this one.

After reading " A River Sutra" (河經) by Gita Mehta, I do wish to visit India again....

A novel that is beautiful portrayed, poetic, exotic, meditative, inspirational, mystical and extremely soul awakening while reading as I am walking alone the bank of River Narmada.

Cambridge, Soul Mate...

1999 Sep King's College:

I cannot forget these lines...

徐志摩：

妳真當我不明白嗎？妳真當我不明白嗎？

我如果沒有愁過妳的愁、沒有思慮過妳的思慮，

我就不配說我愛妳。

徐志摩與林徽音 :

我將在茫茫人海中，尋訪我唯一之靈魂伴侶。

得之，我幸；不得，我命.....

How come I would not admit I am just not that fortunate...

Pigeon's and Artist's Utopia ...

2001 Switzerland, Music Festival

2002 France, Barbizon; http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=eGPPDV8wBOQ&eurl

1998 Venice, San Marco Square

I thought of "Death in Venice", "Merchant in Venice", the Arias...., theMoutain Lake and Music... and what else?

Romance...

Astrology: Venus at Aquarius

書上說:
金星位於水瓶座的人們,

不喜歡那種過於熾烈的愛情關係；
細水長流、沒有壓力的感情。
對感情的態度相當成熟而理智，重視與對方在心靈上的交流和智識上的提升；
和你們相戀毫無壓力。

對品味有獨到的眼光。
金星掌管感情的表達、愛情關係和審美觀。
對感情的佔有慾並不強，( hmm...not exactly ...挺強的耶...)
你們把自己的情人也當成自己的朋友一般對待。
你們並不嚮往濃烈黏膩的愛情關係；
你們喜歡那種淡淡的感覺，(hmm...not exactly...時淡時濃... 一點黏又不大黏...) 那種既像親人又像朋友的情感。

在選擇對像時會偏重心靈上的交流，對方能否在智識上與你共同提升也是你們所重視的。
你們即使在婚後也會要求保有相當程度的自由，
對於自己的配偶也採取信任開放的態度；你們對於傳統婚姻的規範嗤之以鼻.
對藝術有特殊直覺，你們的品味特殊、不落俗套，是相當有主見的一群.

....So, If our astrology signs are alike, are we going to fall into the trap of love relatiohship?.....

飛鴻踏雪泥

2004

我問,

為何惆悵?

人生到處知何似，應似飛鴻踏雪泥，

泥上偶然留指爪，鴻飛哪復計東西！

佛說,

這是真理.

不必著色, 不用彩飾, 不必辯護, 浸染的是美的真....

在每一秒間.

Let not my love be called idoltry

She had a dream, a wish, an ideal, and that is how it begins:

Let not my love be called idoltry,

Nor my beloved as an idol show,

Since all alike my songs and praises be

To one, of one, still such, and ever so.

Fiar, kind, and true, is all my argument,

Fair, kind, and true, varying to other words.

A Free Bird....

Belize Zoo:

He said I am very much like Quetzal....

beautiful and alone....

Nature of Mind teaching 2008

Dec 2006, Bodhgaya, India

Where is your Mind? How do you locate your Mind?

Descartes said ..... : "Cogito, ergo sum." " I think, therefore I am. "

We do have moments without any thoughts.....!!

In Descartes philosophy,

does that mean that our mind dose not exist while thoughts do not arise?

However, there are moments in between thoughts,

so that

thought is not our mind Buddha realized, neither emotions, feelings, and memories.