Good morning!
We learned about a father losing his life, but saving his daughter’s life amidst
a snowstorm whiteout in Hokkaido. He must have learned from his life the
Brahma-vihāra, Holy-living, and enjoyed the Holy-abode or limitlessness of
learning, liberation, light, love of friendship, compassion, joy, and equanimity.
It is the Buddhas’ and Bodhisattvas’ Brahma-vihāra, based on the Dharma of
Dependent Origination, intimately intertwined, selfless, supramundane
Dharma-dhātu, which is diametrically opposite to selfishness. What would have
been the consequence, if he had cultivated and verified the opposite way world?
3/5/13
Note: Four Brahma-vihāra = Four Limitlessnesses of friendship (mettā:Pali,
maitrī:Sanskrit, 慈:Sino-Japanese, ji: Japanese),compassion (karuņā, 悲, hi),
joy (mudita, 喜, ki), equanimity (upekhā, upekśā, 捨, sha)
Enjoy the soft spring snow falling in the Great Triple Thousand Worlds (1,000 great
worlds, each composed of 1,000 middle worlds, each consisting of 1,000 small worlds)!
The Great Triple Thousand Worlds
Standing in the soft snow falling –
In them also soft snow falling…
Awa-yuki-no nakani tachitaru
Michi-auchi mata sono-nakani
Awa-yuki-zo furu
あは雪の中に
たちたる三千大千世界
またその中に
沫雪ぞ降る
– Ryokan Daigu
The above photo is a free wallpaper gift to the readers from National Geographic – Enjoy!