just wanted to say

[ghop]

what is more important...the path or the people who travel it?

the buddha who was or the people who are?

i think we mistake the big picture for a single photograph

and yet, in a single photograph, the big picture expresses itself

we don't know who we are

or how we got here

or where we are going

we only know

that we are afraid sometimes

happy and sad sometimes

good and bad sometimes

just like gautama buddha

the man who ran away

to find himself

and in the end

said

be a light unto yourself

what a fake

gassho
Greg

[Jundo]

Re: just wanted to say

in a single photograph, the big picture expresses itself

Thank you, G.

Gassho, J

[Myoku]

Re: just wanted to say

Sometimes we "just want to say something" and
touch other other peoples heart, change so much
more than more than with some intellectual
explanations.
_()_
Peter

[Rimon]

Re: just wanted to say

Deep, deep gassho Greg

Thanks for sharing

Rimon

[Nenka]

Re: just wanted to say

just like gautama buddha

the man who ran away

to find himself

and in the end

said

be a light unto yourself

what a fake

I like it. Thanks Greg. Gassho.

[Risho]

Re: just wanted to say

just like gautama buddha

the man who ran away

to find himself

and in the end

said

be a light unto yourself

what a fake

gassho
Greg

What do you mean here?

Gassho,

Risho

Edit: I just re-read this, and it sounds like I'm coming off as a hardass, but I'm asking in all sincerity.

[ghop]

Re: just wanted to say

ghop wrote:
just like gautama buddha

the man who ran away

to find himself

and in the end

said

be a light unto yourself

what a fake

gassho
Greg

What do you mean here?

Hi Risho.

To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure. I just felt inspired and followed it where it went. When I finished it I thought, oh cool. At the end of his life Buddha realized that us folks still don't get it. His disciples kinda hoped he would put everything in a nice little package and say, ok, now do this and you'll get enlightened. But he didn't. He did what he had to do to find what he had to find. Then at the end of his journey he more or less said, now do the same...find your own way. "What a fake" refers to our conceptualization of who we think Buddha is, compared to the reality of the situation. I have to keep tearing down my ideas of how I thing Reality should be. Only then can I say that I am awake. But really, I just went on inspiration. Glad so many people found something they liked in the mess.

gassho
Greg

[Risho]

Re: just wanted to say

hahahah, I've never thought of it like that. On one hand, Buddha says be a light upon yourself, and on the other he's saying here's my path to follow.

Thanks Greg!