108 Faces of Buddha

Happy Day to YOU ... I came across Torei Enji and wanted to bring him onto this page and into your awareness.   He is a most-revered Japanese Zen Master, writer, and artist.  Hands palm to palm ...

Torei Enji (1721-1792)

Here is a fine sample of his writing taken from the Bodhisattva Vow:

Now on each thought

a lotus flower blooms,

and on each flower:

a Buddha.

The Light of the Tathagata*

appears before us, soaking

our feet

May we share this mind

with all beings so that we 

and the world together

may grow in wisdom.

* Tathagata is the name the Buddha called himself in his teachings.  I looked up the definition and thought I would pass it along:

           One who has thus gone/One who has thus come

 I am thinking about this.  My mind goes to the moment every time.  

Now ... on to one of Torei's paintings.   I will let you discover some more.

Zen Jewel

Thank you, Torei!

And thank you for being here 

in the little picture and the 

    Big Picture.  

I AM ... seeing a day filled with 

Love for All.