Why Was The Buddha Patient Three Time?
One of the Buddha’s honorifics was the ‘Great Physician’. To have the patience of a doctor one must be patient three-fold!
No Mud, No Lotus!
The lotus flower is a beloved symbol of non-attachment because even though it sprouts in the mud, grows in the water, and blossoms in the mist and rain - there are no drops on the lotus!
Guard the Senses
Like the vital conditions necessary for a plant to grow into fullness — when there is sense restraint, it unfolds into ethical conduct, then into right immersion, then into a true knowledge and vision, then into a disillusionment and dispassion, and then finally into a knowledge and vision of freedom!’ (AN 6.50)
Like the blossoming of a lotus!
Co-Arising!
The image is made up of a field of "Spectres"; strictly chiral aperiodic monotiles. One-sided asymmetric tiles that completely cover a plane in an irregular non-repeating pattern.
A Bowl So Clean It Floats Upstream!
The ascetic Gotama was thin as a skeleton, starving, and surviving off mere grains of rice. He had become so emaciated and weak that when he went down to the river, he wasn’t strong enough to get back out - and almost got washed away.
The Guts To Do No Harm!
Even if villains were to saw off your limbs, never stop embracing with your heart!
The Story of Angulimala
“Everyone wants to point a finger! But it’s everyone that shares the blame! If you are looking for it, everyone gives you a reason to put a knife in them! If you are looking for it, everyone shows you where! That’s how things get stopped, ascetic!” shouted Angulimala
