Monday, May 07, 2007
About My Blog
My blog is more dedicate to Hiragana is a flowing, cursive script (Sōsho) used for native words, it is not that hard to learn, like some people thing it is. Hiragana is most commonly used to express: Simple words, conjugations at the ends of verbs and particles of speech. It is the first writing system taught to Japanese children, so low-level children's books are written exclusively in hiragana, and even in more advanced level texts, difficult kanji will have the pronunciation written above in hiragana.
The Heart Sutra
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Japanese calligraphy has powerfull connection with the Buddhism. The task of copying Buddhist Sutra, or texts and works themselves is called (Shakyo). The most popular sutras, The Heart Sutra in Kanji, has 262 characters.
Japanese calligraphy has powerfull connection with the Buddhism. The task of copying Buddhist Sutra, or texts and works themselves is called (Shakyo). The most popular sutras, The Heart Sutra in Kanji, has 262 characters.
The Four Treasures
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In the Japanese calligraphy, comes in different varieties, sizes and shapes. For example I use traditional Japanese and Chinese brushes, and also use a good quality synthetic sable watercolor round brushes, plus brush pen Pentel or LePlume. The ink I use ready liquid sumi and watercolors, instead the ink stick the possibilities are endless.
In the Japanese calligraphy, comes in different varieties, sizes and shapes. For example I use traditional Japanese and Chinese brushes, and also use a good quality synthetic sable watercolor round brushes, plus brush pen Pentel or LePlume. The ink I use ready liquid sumi and watercolors, instead the ink stick the possibilities are endless.
Friday, May 04, 2007
About Buddhism
"The Buddha was not a god. He was a human teacher in the sixth century B.C.E. who showed others the path to enlightenment that he discovered. Today there are growing legions of Buddhists in the West with perhaps even greater numbers of non-Buddhists influenced by Buddhist thought and practice. The lotus, the Buddhist symbol of purity and renewal. It is our hope that it will appeal to practicing Buddhists as well as anyone simply looking for an added measure of beauty and peace in his or her life."
More Buddhism...
More Buddhism...
Amida Nyorai
Buddha of Infinite Life and Light
Mantra
On amarita teizei kara un (Japanese)
Om save us in the glory of the Deathless One Hûm! (English)
Do not pursue the past.
Do not lose yourself in the future.
The past no longer is.
The future has not yet come.
Looking deeply at life as it is
In the very here and now,
The practitioner dwells
In stability and freedom.
We must be diligent today.
To wait until tomorrow is to late.
Death comes unexpectedly.
How can we bargain with it?
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