🌸 Noire Henro-san: Golden Week Pt 4, Wisdom
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 … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Golden Week Pt 3, The Farmhouse
Tea time at an ohenro farmhouse.
Kochi Prefecture
I am walking on the ohenro and thinking about the upcoming holiday. Excitement is in and on the air. Television … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-San: Port to Enlightenment
Goddess of Mercy overlooks Urado Bay from Temple 32.
You remind me
Peonies were my mother’s favorite flowers. Our yard was full … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-San: Golden Week Pt 2
Buddha’s footprint represents the path to enlightenment, the teachings of the Dharma, and the universality of Buddhism.
A Little Homework
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olden week holidays are rapidly approaching. Well, the … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-San: Temple of The Great Sun
Little probability of getting lost on the way to temple 28 with this marker.
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he probability of a coin coming up heads is one out of every two tries. When … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Life Changes
Throwback: Answers
H
ere I am, over 30 years ago cruising along on a boat on a Dutch canal. I was beginning a new chapter in my life seeking … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Sekishodera
Temple 27 Konomine-ji is designated as the sekishodera or spiritual checkpoint temple of Kōchi prefecture. On Shikoku 88, each prefecture has a sekishodera where Kōbō Daishi examines a pilgrim’s … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-San: In Between Raindrops
An umbrella offers a clear view to Temple 26 on another rainy day on Shikoku.
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ongocho-ji temple is the 26th temple on the Shikoku 88 pilgrimage. It is … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-San: Devil's Land
Temple 25 aka “Temple Illuminating the Port” at the end of a narrow street in Muroto City, Kochi prefecture.
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n Kochi, it is not unusual to hear of … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Temple on The Cape
On the way to Temple 24, a giant white statue of Kukai as a young man overlooks the pilgrimage trail. The temple below the statue is used for training … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Rolling into Kochi
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rom Hiwasa, many people take the bus to Muroto City because places to stay and eat in that stage are sparse. Why? The distance between temples 23 and … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-San: Rainy Night in Hiwasa
Illuminated Temple 23 on a rainy night.
Night time
L
ast post, I checked into a nice hostel in town. It is also a bar. The establishment is … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞