Tag Archives: Buddha

Vesak Day

Posted on May 22, 2013 by

This morning during advisory, one of my students handed me a Vesak card which was designed by her father. This auspicious day, the first full moon in May (as celebrated in Vietnam and Southeast Asia) commemorates Buddha’s birth, death, and … Continue reading →

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What happens when you acquire solar-powered enlightenment from Loew’s

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

Yes, the Buddha’s paint is peeling. On the other hand, it’s important to shed our personal baggage and the masks we wear in order to be released from continual reincarnation. Purchases at Loew’s apparently hold the key for escaping samsara … Continue reading →

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Year of the Snake

Posted on February 10, 2013 by

My teacher for QiGong started class today wishing us all a Happy Lunar New Year and Year of the Snake. One of the students asked what that meant and she proceeded to describe the Year of the Snake as a … Continue reading →

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Enlightenment wears at least 16 disguises

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

Parinirvana Day commemorates the day that Buddha died, therefore his final release from karma and rebirth, his reaching final nirvana. It is either celebrated today, Feb. 8, or next Friday, Feb.15, depending on what sect of Buddhism you follow. This is … Continue reading →

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The ash Buddha

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

Today JB and I cut down a volunteer ash tree right between the neighbor’s and our backyard. The tree has been getting repeatedly tangled in the powerlines. It was growing in the exact wrong spot, right underneath the place where … Continue reading →

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Solar-powered enlightenment

Posted on June 24, 2012 by

JB and I had looked for a Buddha for the garden for Father’s Day but were unable to find one we liked. We actually went out to a place where concrete garden sculptures are cast, but there were no Buddhas … Continue reading →

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Overlapping of the mala and the bracelet

Posted on April 22, 2012 by

The mala I wear now was given to me by a Buddhist priest who happened to be the brother of my son’s “J” mom (self-appointed Japanese “mom”) in Japan. We visited her brother’s Pure Land Temple in Satsumasendai and toured … Continue reading →

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Breakfast Buddha and Parinirvana after a spinach feta omelette

Posted on February 26, 2012 by

(Top two photos by JB.)

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Bu-Da

Posted on September 7, 2011 by

The school library has reorganized and moved all the books in the Middle School section including expanding and taking over the whole reference section for Middle School non-fiction. During planning week the librarians asked that we come in for a … Continue reading →

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Lightning Buddha

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

The night we came back from Three Oaks, after coming back into the yard to enjoy the live music after dropping off our things in the house (see yesterday’s post), we noticed a huge branch laying across the fire pit … Continue reading →

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