RADIPOLE LAKE TRACERIES : REEDS AND BRANCHES

 

 

 

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BERNARD HEMENSLEY

GOLDY HERMITAGE

15 NOVEMBER 2015

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ANTI-CLOCKWISE FROM THE PLACE WHERE i AM STANDING ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY AFTER WALKING ON WEYMOUTH SANDS

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bernard hemensley

GOLDY HERMITAGE

13 / 11 / 2015

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ON SECOND SIGHT......A HORSE, A HORSE!

At first sight, walking along the beach, this afternoon, taking lots of fotos of washed-up seaweed, i was drawn by some upward-flowing strands

on the sand......

 

......but on second sight, i saw the outline of a horse's head......

 

 ......and with just a little adjustment, in situ, fanx to the wonder that is modern digital fotograffy, i ended-up with this image......

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bernard hemensley

GOLDY HERMITAGE

1O / 11 / 2015

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MY DORSET SOUL REVIVED / IT'S A LONG TIME SINCE i VISITED WEST BAY

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bernard hemensley

GOLDY HERMITAGE

eighth november 2015

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CARS HISS BY MY WINDOW

 

 

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bernard hemensley

GOLDY HERMITAGE

7 NOVEMBER 2015

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flowers for buddha (5)

 

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b.h.

goldy hermitage

2 / november / 2015

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LETTER FROM GUDO WAFU NISHIJIMA ROSHI : AMONGST MY SOUVENIRS (1)

One of my all-time favourite books on Buddhism, is "TO MEET THE REAL DRAGON" by Gudo Wafu Nishijima (with Jeffrey Bailey). So, when i was reading this book, some 20 years, or so, ago, and was experiencing a lot of difficulty with sitting, and also a lot of difficulty in my life - how could the two be different? - i decided to write to the Roshi, for his advice. Most health professionals were advising me to sit more - not so Nishijima Roshi, as you will see in this letter from him.(i hope i come across the other letters i received from him. People can be so kind.) 

Lately i have been rooting around thru boxes and files of papers that need sorting : too many possessions/too much junk. i also have to decide which souvenirs to keep and which to discard : hard choices need to be made. Ah, Guy Fawlkes night approaches!!!... i'll be ready for a bonfire !!! i'm ALWAYS ready for a bonfire! But i will not be like the zen monk who, on being given a "secret" book of writings by his Abbot, in the process of Dharma Transmmission, simply tossed it into a nearby brazier. What are you doing, shouted the Abbot...What are you saying, the monk replied.

i am more than happy, at this moment in time, to keep such souvenirs, as i root thru the rooms of this place. But as BODHIDHARMA said = NOTHING HOLY. 

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bernard hemensley

GOLDY HERMITAGE

1 / NOVEMBER / 2015

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