🌸 Noire Henro-san: Island Hideaway
A beautiful view of the sunset over the ocean and Omishima island from the guesthouse.
The Guesthouse
One’s Destination Is Never A Place, But A New Way Of Seeing … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Oyamazumi Shrine – Omishima
Tatara Bridge (Tatara Ohashi) to Omishima island on the Nishiseto Expressway (Shimanami Kaidō).
Believe your own magic
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f you got on the wrong train without the ability to disembark and … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Imabari
The harbor city of Imabari is in Ehime prefecture on Shikoku. Six pilgrimage temples are located relatively close together here. I encountered twists and turns on this part of … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● The Chain
No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
– Frederick Douglass
VOTE
… 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞ 🌸 Noire Henro-San: Matsuyama
Matsuyama City Station is an important hub connecting cities and towns on Shikoku island and beyond.
To be human
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he world is not humane just because it is … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Know Your Mind
S
āriputra, all things have the characteristic of emptiness,
no arising, no ceasing; no purity, no impurity; no deficiency, no completeness.
– from the Heart Sutra
The Buddha’s teachings … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Praying With My Feet – Pt 4
At a foot shrine in Tokushima, o waraji (giant rope sandals) hang on each side of the entryway.
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alk in a way that the footprint you leave is … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-San: The Answer
W
e do things like walking, eating – most things these days – never paying attention. Not using our eyes. Not really seeing.
Is it the world we are … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Elastic Mind
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ast year I mustered the strength to walk 1,400 kilometers on the Camino de Santiago in Spain. Such a long walk was a stretch for anyone. It was … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Did You See the Cypress Tree?
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 … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Open Our Eyes
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 … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Year of the Dragon
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 … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞