KYOTO, JAPAN: GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD

Get out of your head ~ Get into the world. ~anon.

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24apr16. Kyoto, Japan.

KYOTO (ARASHIYAMA), JAPAN: SEIRYOJI TEMPLE

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2sep14. Arashiyama, Japan.

KYOTO (ARASHIYAMA), JAPAN: GEISHA OF ARASHIYAMA

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2sep14. Arashiyama, Japan.

KYOTO (ARASHIYAMA), JAPAN: TENRYU-JI AND AROUND (EARLY MORNING)

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2sep14. Arashiyama, Japan.

KYOTO, JAPAN: KINKAKU-JI

Kinkaku-ji (Temple of the Golden Pavilion) is a Zen Buddhist Temple in Kyoto, Japan. Its official name is Rokuon-ji. It was first established in 1397. However, in 1950, a 22-year old novice monk burned the pavilion down and then tried to commit suicide. He survived, went to prison, but was released early in 1955 due to mental illness (persecution complex and schizophrenia.) He died of tuberculosis in 1956. The pavilion that we see today was rebuilt in 1955.

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22jul14. Kyoto, Japan.

KYOTO, JAPAN: NO GREATER HAPPINESS

“If my heart can become pure and simple like that of a child, I think there probably can be no greater happiness than this.”~ Kitaro Nishida, founder of the Kyoto School of Philosophy

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KYOTO, JAPAN: RECONCILE

“Simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world.”
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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KYOTO, JAPAN: IT IS THE SAME LIFE…

Naite kurasu mo issho, waratte kurasu mo issho.

“It is the same life whether we spend it crying or laughing.” ~Japanese Proverb

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KYOTO, JAPAN: LET WHAT IS PAST FLOW…

Sugitaru wa nao oyobazaru ga gotoshi.

“Let what is past flow away downstream.” ~ Japanese Proverb

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KYOTO, JAPAN: LIFE OUTSIDE THE TEMPLES

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