Author: Karma

13
Jun
2018

Island: Dharmagram #136

Island: Dharmagram #136 No one is an island, even if on an island-like boat out at sea, because one is…

13
Jun
2018

Mimicry: Dharmagram #135

Mimicry: Dharmagram #135 When modern architecture mimics ancient fragments of nature. Inspiration after all, has to arise from somewhere. As…

13
Jun
2018

Post: Dharmagram #134

Post: Dharmagram #134 A gun post, like an immobile tank, armoured by concrete instead of metal. A reminder of once…

13
Jun
2018

Elements: Dharmagram #133

Elements: Dharmagram #133 Earth (as land), water (as sea), fire (as sun) and wind (as air). All pictures we take…

13
Jun
2018

Beacon: Dharmagram #132

Beacon: Dharmagram #132 And this is a sea-based beacon. A reminder to be anchored in the sea of change, to…

13
Jun
2018

Lookout: Dharmagram #131

Lookout: Dharmagram #131 Look out for the lookout point. A land-based beacon.

13
Jun
2018

Twister: Dharmagram #130

Twister: Dharmagram #130 See another see-saw I saw by the seashore. Tongue-twister. As it doesn’t go very high, it doesn’t…

13
Jun
2018

See-Saw: Dharmagram #129

See-Saw: Dharmagram #129 Perhaps the most unlikely place to find a see-saw, by a cliff of sorts, by the sea….

06
Jun
2018

Obelisk: Dharmagram #128

Obelisk: Dharmagram #128 An obelisk by the sea, like a lighthouse without light, that can only be seen with light.

06
Jun
2018

Round: Dharmagram #127

Round: Dharmagram #127 Too many rounds and too fast on the existential merry-go-round becomes not so merry, even possible to…

06
Jun
2018

Smoke: Dharmagram #126

Smoke: Dharmagram #126 There is much sky and just a little smoke? Even a little is too much in this…

06
Jun
2018

Roots: Dharmagram #125

Roots: Dharmagram #125 落地生根的榕树。 愿众生善根深厚, 福慧增长,直至佛性。

06
Jun
2018

Wind: Dharmagram #124

Wind: Dharmagram #124 Even with a stationary wind vane, air still moves. Even with invisible air without traces, it is…

06
Jun
2018

Teeth: Dharmagram #123

Teeth: Dharmagram #123 The other replica, more with glass and metal, of Dragon Teeth Gate (龙牙门).

06
Jun
2018

Rock: Dharmagram #122

Rock: Dharmagram #122 Rock replica of Dragon Teeth Gate (龙牙门).

06
Jun
2018

Balcony: Dharmagram #121

Balcony: Dharmagram #121 A balcony towards the sea, to feel it without getting wet.

06
Jun
2018

Sands: Dharmagram #120

Sands: Dharmagram #120 Boulders become rocks that become pebbles that become the sands of time.

06
Jun
2018

Boardwalk: Dharmagram #119

Boardwalk: Dharmagram #119 A modest boardwalk that is what it should be, more of an alley through the thick of…

30
Apr
2018

Vexation

From ‘Meditations’, Book IV. 49 (Marcus Aurelius): ‘Be like the rock that the waves beat against but do not vanquish….

09
Jun
2016

What Desert Island?

Hah!