this precious life.

2 photograph set.

no filter.

#life #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #nature #Zen #EngagedBuddhist #JMWphotography #JinpaLhaga #photography

came across this photo i took a few years ago.

a license plate that states:

UR SACRD

it reminds me the the Tibetan Buddhist quote:

“O Nobly Born, O you of glorious origins, remember your radiant true nature, the essence of mind. Trust it. Return to it. It is home.”

just in case you are feeling low. remember that you are life itself, you are valuable, you are loved, you are sacred.

~j

#TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #YouAreSacred #life #BuddhistQuotes #EngagedBuddhist #JinpaLhaga

…i feel like the call has been ringing off the hook for the past 3 to 4 years, but now is as good a time as any…and probably even better.

please keep shining light, please keep love and justice as your compass, please act out of a fierce compassion, please use your voice for the targeted and oppressed, please connect with your relationships during this time, please engage with community, please still find some stuff funny and laugh, please take walks in nature – Life is still happening and beauty still exists.

please #VoteBlue no matter who.

we are in this. this isn’t going to be easy. history is watching. future generations will read about this era – the harm, but also the heroism.

in solidarity and peace

~j

#HeedTheCall #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #EngagedBuddhist #Bodhisattvas #Sangha #community #light #love #compassion #democracy #JinpaLhaga

One way to pray in a fear filled world is to choose love over anxiety.
~ Henri Nouwen

…and put that love into action.
~j

❤️🙏🏻

#ChooseLove #love #Metta #Maitri #practice #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #EngagedBuddhist #JMWphotography #JMWart #JinpaLhaga

You can survive on your own; you can grow strong on your own; you can prevail on your own; but you cannot become human on your own.

~

Frederick Buechner

All Buddhas.

~j

#interdependence #InThisTogether #TheOther #TheOutsider #TheImmigrant #TheRefugee #NoWalls #NoBans #family #sangha #AllBuddhas #PlantingSeeds #TheLongArc #LoveWins #empathy #compassion #EngagedBuddhist #JMWart #JinpaLhaga

rooted in the earth

reaching toward the heavens

balance perfected

trees.

#tree #balance #TheShapeOfThings #haiku

#BWphotography #photography #JMWphotography #JMWart #JinpaLhaga