DAILY PHOTO: Wat That Phoun, Vientiane

DAILY PHOTO: Wat Naxao Sukharam

DAILY PHOTO: Wat Samakixay Drum & Bell Tower

DAILY PHOTO: Wat Lat Krabang

DAILY PHOTO: The Grounds of Wat That Luang

DAILY PHOTO: Wat Pa Phon Phao

DAILY PHOTO: Wat Choum Khong Sourin Tharame [ວັດຊໍ່ຂົງສຸລະທະທາລາ]

DAILY PHOTO: Wat Don Mueang

“Without desire everything is sufficient” by Ryōkan Taigu

Without desire everything is sufficient.
With seeking myriad things are impoverished.
Plain vegetables can soothe hunger.
A patched robe is enough to cover this bent old body.
Alone I hike with a deer.
Cheerfully I sing with village children.
The stream under the cliff cleanses my ears.
The pine on the mountain top fits my heart.

Translation by Kazuaki Tanahashi and Daniel Leighton in Essential Zen (1994) HarperSanFrancisco.

DAILY PHOTO: White Buddha, Blue Sky