Chill blanket of white- Cloaks forest and field alike. Pink promise of spring.
Daily Archives: 26 November, 2013
Winter Blossoms
Tagged with: cold, emotion, faith, Four Gentlemen, Haiku, harmony, hope, journey, late winter, meihua, plum, plum blossom, promise, Prunus mume, seasons, silence, snow, symbology, Three Friends of Winter, ume, winter
Posted in Poetry
Posted in Poetry
Winter Depression
Winter brings with it cold weather, holiday seasons, and visits from friends and family. It also brings with it doldrums and depression. Called Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) by clinicians and Winter Depression by the lay community, SAD remains a mystery…
Tagged with: cold weather, depression, emotions, friends and family, harmony, holidays, SAD, sadness, Seasonal Affective Disorder, self, time change, winter, Winter Depression
Posted in Musings
Posted in Musings
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha
*copied from the UNESCO World Hearitage Site* Siddhartha Gautama, the Lord Buddha, was born in 623 B.C. in the famous gardens of Lumbini, which soon became a place of pilgrimage. Among the pilgrims was the Indian emperor Ashoka, who erected…
Tagged with: Ashoka, Ashoka pillar, birthpalace, Buddha, Buddhist, faith, fellowship, gardens, history, hope, journey, King Suddodhana, Lord Buddha, Lumbini, meditaition, monastaries, monk, Nepal, pilgrimage, Queen Mayadevi, reflection, Shakya Prince Siddharta Gautama, shrines, Siddhartha, silence, suptas, temples, viharas
Posted in Locations
Posted in Locations
Nian Xióng Hall 