DAILY PHOTO: Chiang Mai Temples [Functioning]

Taken in October of 2012 in Chiang Mai

Buddha Wisdom [Haiku]

in the temple yard,
i read the Buddha's words,
and feel their wisdom

Silent Hilltop [Haiku]

horses graze
around the chorten,
in silence

DAILY PHOTO: Buddha Park of Ravangla

Taken in May of 2022 in Ravangla, Sikkim

Madman of the Empty Valley [Free Verse]

Thang Tong Gyalpo,

They called him:
Maker of Iron Bridges, 
King of the Empty Plain,
"Excellent Persistence,"
& 
Madman of the Empty Valley

You might not like your bridge-maker
sharing mind & body 
with a madman,
but some of his 15th century bridges
are still in use today.

DAILY PHOTO: Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok

Taken in May of 2022 in Gangtok, Sikkim

Field of Flames [Haiku]

row on row of flames
lick and shimmer, as minds
attempt stillness

DAILY PHOTO: Tsoka Gompa from Above

Taken in May of 2022 on the trail to Goechala

DAILY PHOTO: Ravangla Gompa, Sikkim

Taken in Ravangla in May of 2022

DAILY PHOTO: Rumtek Monastery

Taken in May of 2022 at Rumtek Monastery