WOMANIST WISDOM IN THE WOOD SHOP
WOMANIST WISDOM IN THE WOOD SHOP
A heart shaped topiary installation at a lookout in Ehime prefecture.
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acred: the power, being, or realm understood by religious persons to be at the core of existence and to have a transformative effect on their lives and … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Stone carving at Temple 42.
I discovered an ohenro friend at the hostel in Uwajima City last night. We recognized each other immediately. It’s like that sometimes. You meet someone one day and don’t see them for days more … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
A tanuki statue welcomes travelers to Temple 40.
On entering Ehime prefecture, an ohenro is used to the journey. She is able to see things as they are, which reflects the entry to enlightenment. The fantastic, romanticized delusion of … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
One of the Seven Wonders of Ashizuri: the Daishi Sea Turtle at Temple 38 near the Pure Land.
Finding a place to stay and avoiding despair dominated my thinking these last few weeks. During this time I was distracted … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
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t needs a summer of love, of course. But you cannot give what you don’t have or maybe never had.
As time goes on, you’ll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesn’t, doesn’t. Time solves most things. And … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
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alty air. The ocean. Sea birds, Shimmering water, blue skies, and dreams. Above me, Before me. All around me.
There’s an ancient saying in Japan, that life is like walking from one side of infinite darkness to another, … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Asceticism –The Fasting or Emaciated Buddha**
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know that self-discipline and abstinence – asceticism – are parts of religious practice within many religious and spiritual traditions including Buddhism. That knowledge derives from many sources. They agree on a … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Local heros: Three men of Kochi.
On Sunday, that same Sunday I met a man and his mother, I continued on the bus to Kochi City. I got off in front of … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
I had an experience today. It got me thinking. The words and thoughts, however, were not new. Let me show you some of them. Then I will tell you the story.
To simply accept the wisdom you’re cultivating is… wisdom!
I love it when a plan comes together! I do. Yes, there is suffering, but the noise and excitement of Golden week is softer. Having a base at the guesthouse … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Tea time at an ohenro farmhouse.
I am walking on the ohenro and thinking about the upcoming holiday. Excitement is in and on the air. Television commercials, newspaper articles, innkeepers, other ohenros, everyone and everything reminds … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Goddess of Mercy overlooks Urado Bay from Temple 32.
Peonies were my mother’s favorite flowers. Our yard was full of them when I was a young girl. She is … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
