Lines from Kyoto

By Preston Keido HouserArts Books

Lines from Kyoto episodes

August 07, 2021 Gaia annihilation
“‘Tis thus when the rich beg alms from the poor”
2 min
July 31, 2021 The dawn of darkness
Photo: Heian Shrine, Kyoto.
2 min
July 24, 2021 Divulging spectral light
Photo: lotus in bloom at Toji Temple, Kyoto.
3 min
July 17, 2021 As Krishna said
“The Blessed Lord said: All the great warriors-Drona, Bhisma, Jayadratha, Karna-have already been killed by me. Simply fight, and you will vanquish your enemies.”—Bhagavad Gita 11.34.
2 min
July 10, 2021 Sonic sculpture
en hommage a John Keats (1795-1821)
Shanti — “peace which passeth all understanding.”
2 min
July 03, 2021 Simple rules
Photo: Kennin-ji, Kyoto‘s first zen Temple.
2 min
June 26, 2021 Hope enhances the hunger
Avarice ignorance anger—the “three poisons” that condemn sentient beings to cycles of rebirth.
Photo: a stupa on the grounds of Sanjusangendo, Kyoto.
2 min
June 19, 2021 Undoing the damage
#29. “For the world is a sacred object. Nothing is to be done to it. To do anything to it is to damage it. To seize it is to lose it.” (Tao Te Ching, English version by Ursula Le Guin, 1998).
#laotzu
#taoteching
#wu-wei
3 min
June 12, 2021 The liberation of Mind
Photo: Ninna-ji Temple, Kyoto.
2 min
June 05, 2021 After you, sole survivor
In Japanese mythology, all souls must cross the Sanzu River in order to reach the afterlife.
2 min

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