DAILY PHOTO: Wat Hosantinimit, Vientiane

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Photograph of Wat Hosantinimit in Vientiane, Laos -- a Buddhist temple located near the Patuxay.

PROMPT: Understand One Thing

Daily writing prompt
If you could make your pet understand one thing, what would it be?

How Buddhists reconcile the Doctrine of Anatta (the belief that there is no permanent self) with a belief in reincarnation.

DAILY PHOTO: Lanterns, Bunhwangsa Temple of Gyeongju

DAILY PHOTO: Buddhist Centre, Negombo

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The Buddhist Centre in Negombo, north of Colombo in Sri Lanka, as seen from across the street.

DAILY PHOTO: Venuvan Buddha Vihara of Agartala

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Venuvan Buddha Vihara, a Buddhist Temple in Agartala, Tripura, India.

DAILY PHOTO: Chùa Kim Liên

DAILY PHOTO: Old Town Temple, Cao Bang

DAILY PHOTO: Trấn Quốc Pagoda

DAILY PHOTO: Beobjangsa

“Everyone’s Journey” by Sōgi [w/ Audio]

Everyone's journey
through this world is the same,
so I won't complain.
Here on the plains of Nasu,
I place my trust in the dew.

NOTE: This translation by Sam Hamill in The Poetry of Zen (2004) Boston: Shambhala, p. 131.