Rainbow

初盆や 夕日の雲に虹のある first Bon ceremony - a rainbow joins the sunset clouds

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First Bon Ceremony (hatsu Bon)
Performed for a person that died during the last year.

My aunt has died just a month ago, at age 93!
This sunset spectacular was like a special present from heaven.



My Last Bon Ceremony, August 15


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some comments

Oh, beautiful shots, Gabi!
I really like the haiku too... how nice to have heavenly colors added to the celebration!

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Lovely colours in the photo, Gabi. Looks like a good omen to me!

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Lovely GABI
I loved your poem and nature's gift to you with the rainbow. Lovely !

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Hi Gabi,
I like the haiku and the photo. The idea of 'first Bon ceremony' is interesting in that instead of being a 'first' for someone, such as a child's 'first' of some kind, it has a totally different feeling being both for the deceased and still-living family.

The skies have been beautiful here, too, the past few days.

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. WKD : Rainbow (niji 虹) Regenbogen .


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autumn sunset

watching the sunset my long shadow grows lo o o o o oonger

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long, nagai 長

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some comments

GABI,

This haiku surprises me!
I thought you never deviate from a three line haiku?!!!
Good one!

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very interesting how you wrote the word longer!

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I like your sense of humour Gabi!
Works for me, and I usually don't care for concrete poetry. ( I think that's what it's called when you design with text) But this is easy to read and brings a smile... How long is this haiku 'moment'

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Reiterating: all haiku are haiku.

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Oh, this is delightful, Gabi... I love it!


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Effectively your visual disposition of the adjective "long" really fits the kanji transcription !

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Kannon Bosatsu

思いのまま　宝をくれる　仏かな omoi no mama takara o kureru hotoke kana

"Omoi no mama ni takara o kureru hotoke-san"

As a Buddhist sculptor and conservator of many Japanese works of art, including National Treasures, and an Esoteric priest of the Tendai school, Nishimura Kocho has special access to icons such as the Nyoirin Kannon-- and special control over their interpretation.
Pilgrims beseech the Nyoirin Kannon for blessings through the power of the "wish-granting gem" held in the innermost right hand of its six arms.

CANONIZING KANNON:
THE NINTH-CENTURY ESOTERIC BUDDHIST ALTAR AT KANSHINJI
source : www.westga.edu






My Page
Dedicated to Nishimura Kocho, Master Carver
Nishimura Koochoo 西村公朝, 仏師



Nyoirin Kannon
Daruma Museum


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Kannon with a thousand arms
Senju Kannon 千手観音

Thanks to some friends, we have English verisons


it grants me
whatever I wish –
this Buddha

Janice

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giving me gifts
as she wishes--
Kwannon

or

ask this Buddha
and ye shall
receive

Jesus in the New Testament (King James translation of the bible) which may be applicable here: "Ask, and ye shall receive."

Larry


ask this Buddha
and you shall
receive

"ask and it shall be given [un]to you"

Isabelle


as he likes
giving me treasures
Buddha

sakuo


if I ask
this buddha answers
my prayers

bob




summer dreams -
ask this Buddha and
you shall receive



summer dreams -
this Buddha gives all treasures
in abundance

Gabi


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. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 .



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Evening clouds

evening clouds - my valley vibrates in colors

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... Clouds in my Haiku Valley ...



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Beetle visitor

ghost stories - a silhouette and then a peeking face ..........................................

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In Summer in Japan it is custom to tell stories about Ghosts and gruesome events, so people will get a chill from it to keep cool.

My Ghost Stories from 2005



Wenn du Zen erfassen möchtest,
musst du dich mit fragenden Zweifel nach innen wenden
und es mit aller Eindringlichkeit erforschen.
Ist dein fragender Zweifel tief genug,
so erscheint die transzendente Weisheit.

Foyan




autumn deepens
and I wonder,
what is my neighbour doing?


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Typhoon Usagi

tpyhoon usagi - a wild rabbit leaves its wet footprints

Rainclouds over Japan
© Photo: YAHOO 台風情報


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台風5号
My Japanese LINK with more photos !


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BBC UK NEWS
Last Updated: Friday, 3 August 2007

Typhoon Usagi hits southern Japan

Eighteen people were injured and thousands sought shelter as Typhoon Usagi struck Japan's southern island of Kyushu.
The typhoon made landfall late on Thursday, bringing winds of up to 180 km/h (110mph).

It cut power to thousands of homes and felled trees. Bullet trains from the main island, Honshu, were suspended.

Usagi is moving northwards, but it has weakened and meteorologists have now downgraded it to a tropical storm.

Television footage showed uprooted trees and flooded rivers. A number of flights were cancelled.

Among the injured was an 81-year-old woman in the southern prefecture of Kagoshima who was blown over and broke her thigh, a local official said.
A postman was injured after wind overturned his van, another official said. Two people were reportedly hurt in falls from roofs.

In the hardest-hit areas, families and the elderly took refuge in municipal shelters.

Usagi, which means rabbit in Japanese, is the second major storm to hit Japan this season.
In July, Typhoon Man-yi left three people dead when it struck Kyushu and neighbouring island Shikoku.

　© news.bbc.co.uk

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TYPHOON, a kigo for haiku


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legless beetle

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I wonder why ?
this beetle with
a missing leg


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Moonshine

almost full the moon hangs on a cloud in the pines

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red leaves in July

red leaves by the little lake already autumn ?

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Autumn Leaves (momiji) yellow leaves, colored leaves



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healing power

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early morning -
the healing power
of birdsong


Morgenfrühe -
die heilende Kraft
des Gesangs der Vögel



I am not sure about the plural form in English.
It is meant to mean the many different songs of many different birds.
Quite a concert this morning !

And the cicadas out in the background, the odd frog once in a while, the heron family on its way to "work" in the ricefields to the East, putting in a word from high above.



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Healing Power - Iyashi
Gabi Greve



saszuri, 囀, さえずり zwitschern, the twittering and chirping of small birds, is a kigo for spring.


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Next morning I overslept, which is a good sign ...


early morning snooze -
the healing birds
sing anyway



and later


Kneipp morning -
the healing power
of cold well water


Our own well water is rather cold, even in the hottest summer!


Father Kneipp and Cold Water Therapy
Gabi Greve

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some comments

I love both the versions GABI!
to me the 2nd is a wee bit more powerful . . .

early morning -
the healing power
of birds songs

I think bird without 's' should suffice ????

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Just beautiful GABI.

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early morning -
the healing power
of birdsong

Oh Gabi, I didn't know about your health...
I send warm thoughts for healing, and this is beautiful!

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This is beautiful.
It has a certain lilt to it. Almost a 'mantra' feel. ;-)
Healing vibes from here to there, Gabi . . .

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This is the one, Gabi. I think it must be working.
Take care,

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. WKD : saezuri 囀 (さえずり) birdsong .
twittering of birds, chirping, warbling,


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cloud

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summer sunset -
suddenly a red
mushrooming cloud


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white mushrooming clouds
over the green bamboo –
autumn sunset in action


Clouds in my Valley 谷に雲



. WKD : Cloud, clouds (kumo) .



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tallest tree

大木を見上げて祈る南無阿弥陀 praying in front of the tallest tree namu amida butsu

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The Amida Prayer and Haiku



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end of rainy season

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梅雨明けて　緑溢れる　通学路


end of rainy season -
the way to school
abounds with green



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rainy days

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雨の日々　茸食べつくす　蝸牛


long rainy days -
the snails munch faster than
the mushrooms grow


long rainy season -
the mushrooms grow faster than
the snails can munch




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Rainy Season (tsuyu)


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Lily with visitors

Kannon Lily - so many visitors follow the smell

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