Temple Hopping In Kyoto, Uji and Kurama

Jojakkoji Tenryuji Nison-in Hogan-in Giouji Koryuji Horyuji Yakushiji Toshodaiji Todaiji Kohfukuji Daikakuji Ryoanji Byodoin Koshoji Mimuritoji Temple Hopping  Selfies red seal books Attest to our attainment Why have we come here? Temple Shots: We All Should be Inoculated  Kannon looms over Compassion eternally Our need is endless Humid Kyoto Afternoon Sweat on my brow pours  …

The Museum as Art: Tadeo Ando and Ryue Nishizawa

" When a fish swims, no matter how far it swims, it doesn't reach the end of the wayer. When a bird flies, no matter how high it fileis, it cannot reach the end of the sky. When a bird's need or the fish's need is great, the range is large. When the need is …

Zen and the Art of Street Walking in Hanoi

To cross a street in Hanoi, one must simultaneously heighten one's perception while lowering one's reactivity. One must be aware of the flow as well as the spaces within. If there is a human experience of the quantum physics conundrum of the duality of light existing as individual particles while a constant unified wave flow, …

Long Flight, Big World

My path to Bhutan took me to Dallas first to catch a plane to Shanghai. The flight path was due north flying by my former home Minneapolis into Canada and eventually over the top of Alaska. I famously could really see Russia from there or at least clouds over Russia. Just a few days after …

The Road to Bhutan (well actually the flights to Bhutan)

It was a wonderfully sunny and warm day in San Francisco today. It always does that when I leave on a trip as if to say, "don't leave me, it is so nice here, unlikely to be this nice anywhere else." But I know the city is fickle and today's lovely weather will change, the …