I will be posting three quotes for the next three days from the book Buddhist Offerings. I was asked by fellow blogger, Sketchuniverse if I would do this, and thought it a gentle way to begin the new year.
‘Life is fragile, like the dew hanging delicately in grass, crystal drops that will be carried away on the first morning breeze.’
This reminds me to cherish each and every moment.
A Bientôt
We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night. Buddhist Offerings.
And hang loose…..
watercolour/gouache
A Bientôt
Nectar is a sweet liquid secreted by flowers of various plants, and consumed by pollinators, such as hummingbirds and insects, and gathered by bees for making honey.
As we observe the collecting and drinking of nectar we see life in its continual state of transformation and flux.
By protecting plants that provide nectar we play our vital part in the rhythms of life.
‘We see that life, composed of this mind and body, is in a state of continual constant transformation and flux. There is always the possibility of radical change. Every moment – not just poetically and figuratively, but literarily – every moment we are dying and being reborn, we and all of life….’ From the book Buddhist Offerings 365 Days.
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A Bientôt
Life is fragile, like the dew hanging delicately on the grass, crystal drops that will be carried away on the first morning breeze. From the Book Buddhist Offerings.
I have been blessed with good health, and so even a nasty virus or flu like symptoms stop me in my tracks.
Such a nasty little bug hit me this week. There I was going about life and doing all the things I take for granted and then bam everything changed…..
Anyone reading this would think that I had been struck down with some serious illness…..when what I have will simply slow me down for a few days – (probably not a bad idea) and then I will be back to normal again.
What I am feeling is a sense of deep gratitude. Gratitude for the years of good health I have enjoyed. A reminder to never take good health for granted.
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A Bientôt
‘I began to think about how many people were involved in the making of my shirt. I started by imagining the farmer who grew the cotton. Next, the hundreds or even thousands of people involved in the manufacturing of the tractor. And all the designers of the tractor. Then, of course the people who processed the cotton, and the people who wove the cloth, and the people who cut, dyed and sewed that cloth. The cargo workers and the truck drivers who delivered the shirt to the store and the sales person who sold the shirt to me. It occurred to me that virtually every aspect of my life came about as the results of others’ efforts’. 14th Dalai Lama.
Have a beautiful Monday filled with magical hummingbirds.
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A Bientôt
For my 60th birthday, almost nine years ago…….my dear friend, Rosie, gave me the book Buddhist Offerings 365 Days by Danielle & Olivier Follmi.
It’s a book that I always keep at hand, for its simple and profound words of wisdom.
Most of us have spent our lives caught up in plans, expectations, ambitions for the future, in regrets, guilt or shame about the past. To come into the present is to stop the war. From Buddhist Offerings.
This is a rapid sketch which I began by sketching over an old painting…one that I didn’t like much anyway….such a feeling of freedom:)
True love for our neighbours will be translated into courage and strength. The more we develop love for others, the more confidence we will have in ourselves. The 14th Dalai Lama.
Because I am working over an old painting, I am using watercolour and gouache….Remember, watercolour is a transparent medium and gouache is opaque.
Without the rigidity of concepts, the world becomes transparent and illuminated, as though from within. With this understanding, the interconnectedness of all that lives becomes very clear. Sharon Salzberg
During the 12 years that I lived and worked in the Magical Town of Crickadoon, which sits in the Usk Valley between the Black Mountains and the Brecon Beacons….I studied the play of light upon the surrounded hills.
Have a beautiful weekend, filled with colour and of course magical hummingbirds….
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A Bientôt
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