“When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to look at Japanese culture and its relationship with nature. You can actually live in a harmonious, close contact with nature – this is very unique to Japan.” ~ Tadao Ando
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Kinkakuji (金閣寺, Golden Pavilion) is a Zen temple in northern Kyoto whose top two floors are completely covered in gold leaf. Kinkakuji was built to echo the extravagant Kitayama culture that developed in the wealthy aristocratic circles of Kyoto during Yoshimitsu's times. Each floor represents a different style of architecture.
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The first floor is built in the Shinden style used for palace buildings during the Heian Period, and with its natural wood pillars and white plaster walls contrasts yet complements the gilded upper stories of the pavilion. Statues of the Shaka Buddha (historical Buddha) and Yoshimitsu are stored in the first floor.
The second floor is built in the Bukke style used in samurai residences, and has its exterior completely covered in gold leaf. Inside is a seated Kannon Bodhisattva surrounded by statues of the Four Heavenly Kings.
Finally, the third and uppermost floor is built in the style of a Chinese Zen Hall, is gilded inside and out, and is capped with a golden phoenix.
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buddha nature zen 在 趙綺婷 Elaine Chiu's Art Facebook 的最佳解答
I am on the train from Osaka to Ise and am flipping through my sketchbook 📚 I will be flying back to HK tomorrow so while I am traveling on the train lemme reflect a bit what I have sketched during the whole journey 🍱
1. Todaiji, Nara. ⛩️
I sketched the great buddha inside the world’s largest wooden architecture.
2. Trying out @vivivacolors for the first time for this piece. I was sitting on the second floor of a cafe in 心齋橋☔️. See how vibrant the colors are!
3. I love capturing light effects and very often they are too transient and can’t be recorded by cameras...so I have decided to capture down the impressions and the color tones of different sunsets 🌅 so I can develop them into painting later.
4. A collage of sketches in the Shinto Shrine, Kasugu Grand Shrine in Nara. ⛩ I love every bits of the old architecture. The night lamps, the torii, the old inscriptions that make you feel so connected with nature.
5. An impression of the train-way from Osaka to Kyoto. I love the Japanese roof tops coz they reminds me a little bit of Wu Guangzhong..?
6. Ryoan-ji!!! The very iconic Zen Buddhism dry landscape garden. We felt so peaceful while painting💫 Spending a cozy afternoon in the garden sketching and thinking have one of the must-dos on our bucket-list ticked!!! ✅
Thanks for the great sketchbook Moleskine!
buddha nature zen 在 玳瑚師父 Master Dai Hu Facebook 的最佳貼文
《善待自己》
Treat Yourself With Benevolence (English version below)
道家的太極圖畫得實在好。一半白一半黑,白中有黑點,黑中有白點。 這當中蘊藏著修行人最終所要悟得的真理,那就是證道。 這當中也蘊藏著罪業眾生,從這五濁惡世,返回太虛清淨界的深密。吾等罪業眾生,一直在六道中輪迴,一世一世的受盡生、老、病、死、求不得、愛憎會、五陰熾盛等眾苦,沒能真正享過「清福」,那是因為我們太過執著於認假為真啊!
吾,玳瑚師父,實實在在的告訴大家,當我們投生為人時,就開始一段「活生生」的,幻生幻滅的旅程。這裡講個笑話,帶領大家進入正思維,領悟笑話中的禪機。有位婦女向其先生,深情注視地說:「感謝你給於我如此美輪美奐的房子,舒適豪華的房車、珠寶鑽石······,真不敢相信,這一切是真的。」 其先生則木訥地望著她。此時,鬧鐘的鈴聲響在耳際,啊······原來剛才是在做夢。哈哈哈!是的,人生是場大夢,而睡眠中的境界,也就是人生的小夢。
要斷了人生的大夢,方能斷了輪迴的大大夢。獨一無二的方法,唯有趁早修行,且精進不懈,願能早日修至無眼界、無意識界、無無明、亦無無明盡。這樣就不會「見色起相」,誤了自己的「終身大事」,求出無期啊!學佛修行重在三無漏學,即戒、定、慧是也。戒止不當之身、口、意、定力方能產生。定力產生之後,慧力也就隨之而生,此時此刻,所判斷之事情,才能超出「見色起相」,之心裡做出,無知加重自己的罪行啊!
真學佛者皆知,且知之甚詳。咱們偉大的大聖佛陀,教示我們勿誹謗修行人與出家僧眾。因此,我們學佛修行的佛子,若對於某某修行人,或出家僧眾有「不明白之處」,可以親近她他,研究她他的書、細心聆聽她他的說法開示,才下定論,方是學子、君子所為啊!千千萬萬不可人云亦云,以訛傳訛才好。妳你知道嗎?在這人世間,誹謗她他人已是有罪哦!本是同根生,務請善待自己。
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The Taiji diagram from Taoism is a fantastic illustration. One half of it is white, and the other black. In the white half lies a black dot, and in the black half lies a white dot. In the diagram lies the one and only Truth which all spiritual practitioners aspire to, that is, to be one with the Way. This Taiji diagram also holds the deep secret for all sinned sentient beings, on how to return to their original form in the Universe. All sentient beings, including myself, have been suffering endlessly in the six realms of existence through endless reincarnations. They are being put through the sufferings of birth, old age, sickness, death, unfulfilled wishes and desires, separation from loved ones, association with those we dislike, the flourishing of the Five Skandhas, etc. We never really enjoy a life of peace and blessings because we are overly stubborn about mistaking the illusory nature of things as the reality.
Master Dai Hu offers you the truth: the moment we are born as a human, a seemingly real journey of fantasies begins. Let me share a joke with you, so as to guide everyone onto the Path of Right Thought, and comprehend the hidden Zen in the joke. A lady looked at her husband lovingly and said, "Thank you for giving me everything. The lovely house, the luxurious limousine, the diamonds and jewellery...., I cannot believe these are all real!" Her husband looked at her with a wooden face. At this moment, the alarm clock rang. Aah.... it was only a dream. Ha ha ha! Yes, your life is like a big dream. Even as you sleep, you are entering another dream state, albeit a smaller one.
You must pull the plug on this big illusion of life, to break free from the endless dream-like cycles of reincarnations. The only way is to start spiritual cultivation as early as possible, with steely determination and diligence, and set your intent to attain spiritual accomplishments of no sensory, no consciousness, no ignorance and also no ending of ignorance. In this way, form shall not arise, to distract you from the greatest affair of your life, or escape will be in vain. The focus in learning the Dharma and spiritual cultivation is on the Three-fold Training of Sila (Discipline), Samadhi (Meditation) and Panna (Wisdom). Discipline restrains transgression of your body, speech and mind, giving rise to concerted focus in meditation. Wisdom follows when the state of meditation is accomplished. The moment wisdom emerges, your judgement shall transcend all forms and attachments caused by the mischief of your mind, without the ignorance that will burden you with more sins!
As a genuine student of the Dharma should know in detail, the Great Lord Buddha taught us to refrain from slandering spiritual cultivators and the Sangha. Therefore, we, as students of the Dharma and spiritual cultivators, should not jump to conclusion if we have insufficient understanding of any particular monk or spiritual practitioner. We can get nearer to him, read his books, listen intently to his Dharma discourses, before we make any unbiased judgement. This is the trait of a real learned person! Please do not ever follow the herd and base your judgement on hearsay. Do you know that slandering is a criminal offence as well? We are all born from the same source, so please treat yourself with benevolence.
www.masterdaihu.com/treat-yourself-with-benevolence/