snow meditation

undisturbed by snow and cold - winter meditation

My Stone Buddha on the left, in a snow cover.





Here is the plant during her short life in summer:

. Liliy to be born ! 　


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Amida Buddha 阿弥陀如来

Anemones ... アネモーネの朝露

..... Asian Haiku Trevelogue
China, Taiwan, Thailand and more .....

Autumn Days 。。。秋の天高し

Autumn Festival 2005 秋祭り、境神社

Autumn Flowers 2002　秋の花
..... Autumn Flowers 2005 　雨粒と花　Raindrops
..... Autumn 2005

Autumn Leaves 2005 紅葉

Azalea and Shaka つつじとお釈迦様


Badgers / Tanuki in my Garden 2005 狸

Bamboo 竹の物語

Birds, our Birds 鳥 の話. Our Roof. 我屋根

Black Sheep 黒き羊

Bonsai 盆栽

Bridges .. 橋

Buddha's Footprints (Bussokuseki) 　　仏足石

Buddha's Voice Frog 仏の声の蛙

Buds in Winter 冬の命
..... Dry Flowers 冬の命


Camellia / Tsubaki 椿

Carpet Meditations 2007

Cats in Paradise .. O-Tsu and Haiku-Kun お津と俳句くん、猫の天国

Cat and the Mouse .. Fun with my Computer

CHINA 中国の旅
..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: China
..... Autumn Memories Keilin, Guilin 桂林

Cicada Birthday 050725 　蝉の誕生　semi セミ

Cold Morning 　寒い朝、2006

Cooking a Cat ! 猫と一杯, 2005　夏

Cherry Blossoms <> Sakura .. 桜　桜　桜 2005

Cherry Blossom Lake Saigyo and our Lake 西行法師 2005

Cherry Blossom Road 桜道　2005

Chrysanthemums, Fireworks 花火菊 2005

Clouds in my Valley 谷に雲

Clouds after the Rain Chinese Ink Painting, July 2005 中国の墨絵

Clouds at Lake Tomada 雲と池の早春 2005

Cold coming back 寒戻り　2005年3月

Cold Samui 寒い朝 First time below zero, 2005

Cosmos Flowers 　コスモス、秋桜


Mt. Daisen 2005 , Beachflowers and WIND

Decoration Flowers Takahashi Temples, 0507

Dew Tsuyu 朝露

Dimensions ヂメンシオン


Fallen Leaves - Ochiba 落ち葉

First Snow .. 初雪　2005年

First Shrine Visit 2006 Hatsu Mode

First Sunrise 2005 .. 初日の出

Frankenfood, frankengrass, franken rice genetically modified problems



Ghost Stories お化けの話　：o)

Goldenrod (seitaka awadachisoo) 　　背高泡立草

Graves in the Mist 霞に墓


Healing Power 癒しと俳句と祈り

Henro Pilgrims 遍路と無縁仏

Illusions with Fish 空想と魚

..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: INDIA


..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: JAPAN 1977

Jizoo　地蔵 .. a smiling Stone friend


Kannon, the Bosatsu of Mercy 　観音菩薩
.. .. .. Horseheaded Kannon
.. .. .. Kannon in the winter sun, 2006


Karl the Froggie 　　.. 蛙とカラー
..... Frog in Buddha's Eye 仏の目にカール君

KOAN and Haiku (01) .. 公案と俳句
KOAN and Haiku (02) .. Dreams 夢
KOAN and Haiku (03) .. Original face and Immortality

Koya-san in Wakayama .. Ginko　.. Haiku-walk


Lake and Clouds　　池と雲

Last Fudo Ceremony 2005 Osame-Fudo 　収め不動

Lily, My Kannon-Lily 観音ユリ
..... July 2006 : Lily in the Rain 2006年の観音百合

Love 　ミモサと愛情　Mimosa

LOTUS 蓮、蓮華の花


Magnolia 木蓮　Mokuren

MANDALA .. Just the Beginning　。。曼荼羅

Medicine Buddha : Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来


.. .. .. .. Mimasaka Haiku
.. .. .. .. From the Province where I live in Japan.
..... 　Mimasaka, Postal Town of Doi: My Haiku Walk December 2006
美作市土居宿 , 出雲街道


Moss 石に苔
... Moss at Mt. Mitoku, October 2006

Mother, for my mother

Mountain Gods Yama no kami 　山の神

Mountains smiling Yama Warau 山笑う

November 2006


Outhouse Joy ..便所の話


Peace, August 6, 2006 Introducing Okamoto Taro　岡本太郎と平和

Pine <> Matsu 松の木

Pottery and Haiku 焼物と俳句


Quietude and the Galactic Ant 　静けさと蟻のクシャミ
..... The Sound of Wind, Sound of Clouds (essay) 風の音、雲の音、お茶の音


Rain dripping ..雨もまだ

Rain, Prayer of Rain on my roof 屋根に雨の祈り, September 2006

Rainy Season Tsuyu 　梅雨さなかに　満福
..... Rainy Season, Whow ! July 2006 2006年のすごい梅雨

Reflections .. Graves in a mirror 。。田舎の墓


Sea of Clouds 秋の雲海、2005　Autumn

Shelter 仏様にまかせる。。。

Shintoo Shrine 神道と宮

Shiraishi Island, a Pilgrim's Path 。。。白石島の遍路道、June 2006

Silence 静けさ ... Silence 2005

Simple Daily Happiness 簡単な毎日の幸せ


SNOW
..... snowed in December 2005
Snowman Daruma, Yukidaruma .. .. 雪だるま
First Snow 2006


Spring 2006 2006年の春

Soaring Mind 鳶の話　Tobi

Spiders in Paradise 。。極楽の蜘蛛

Spring Weeds 2006, a HAIKU WALK 雑草の春の色

Stone Buddhas .. 石仏
... Amida Buddha
　　　　　... Arhats in Stone 五百羅漢
... Buddha's Footprints (Bussokuseki) 仏足石
　　　　　... Buddha's Voice (Shakyamuni)
... Azalea and Shaka (Shakyamuni)
... Horseheaded Kannon　馬頭観音
... Snow Night Meditation (Shakyamuni)
... Walking with the Gods 神様の散歩道


Stone Garden 石庭、小堀作

Stone Wall 我が家の石垣


............ SUMMER

Summer Flowers 夏の花々

Summer Iris 杜若

Summer Metamorphosis 夏の変化

Summer Morning 夏の朝、酔仙翁・スイセンノウ

Summer Sky 夏の空


Sunbeam for us all ! 皆のための太陽
..... Sunset in Pink, August 2006


..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: TAIWAN

Tanada .. Terraced Rice Fields in my Area 大垪和の棚田

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. Tao, Dao and Haiku 道教と俳句
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. Tao of a useless tree 　

..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: THAILAND

Tokei-Ji in Kamakura, January 2006

NEW in 2007: Travelogue through Asia
..... Photos and Haiku from my various trips. China, Taiwan, Thailand

Trees, my best friends ..　巨木
................................ Camphor Tree Kusunoki 楠木　くすのき
................................ Tao of a useless tree 　

Trumpet Creeper 　　凌霄花　のうぜんかずら

Tulips 　　チューリップの嵐

Typhoon Tokage in Japan October 23, 2004 　台風トカゲ

Typhoon Nabi 14 September 2005 　台風14号
............................... Green Apples fallen by the typhoon　青林檎
............................... Humans Powerless Katrina 2005


Universe sparkles .. 宇宙の物語

Voice of Buddha .. .. Frogs Farting :o) 。。蛙の屁


Weeds, my Wonderful Weeds

Wild Boars Inoshishi　猪の訪問

Windows Temple Window Shapes お寺の窓の形

Winter 200/06, from December 2005 2005/6年の冬

Winter Wonders ..冬物語

Wisdom 知恵と無知恵

Woodpecker きつつき

Yin and Yang Cats ..陰と陽と猫

Zen Riddles with BEE ..ミツバチと禅
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Hundred Years with Haiku
Translation from Japanese Haikupoets older than 90 years

Introducing Japanese Haiku Poets　

Saijiki for Buddhist Events .. 『俳句仏教歳時記』

Shikoku Summer 2005 Our own Haiku Pilgrimage　四国遍路

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Contents of the Archives

One Haiku, two Ideas The Basics

English Spelling and Punctuation

One-Line Haiku : three sections, three lines

THEORY : Counting on your fingers: 5-7-5 Cultural Differences

THEORY : Why 5-7-5 ? or rather, WHY NOT in English!

Japanese Spelling and the Hepburn System Romaji

THEORY : Why 5-7-5 ? or rather, WHY NOT in English!

GINKOO, a Haiku Walk 吟行

Gijinka, Personification : some thoughts

Technical Support and Haiku Theory ARCHIVES

Teaching Haiku to Children / also usuful for adults



Translating Haiku, my special forum for all your questions


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Heavy Snow

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大雪のおそれありての南無阿弥陀


we are expecting heavy snow tonight ...
namu amida


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Updated Jan 20, 2008 8:00 PM
Current Okayama Weather Conditions

Moderate Snow Moderate Fog
Temperature: 0°C Dew Point: 0°C
Barometer: 102.1 kPa Wind: ENE 5 km/h
Humidity: 100 % Visibility: 0.6 km

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snowed in

snowed in - the bamboo hangs its head so low visitors ... The Terraced Rice Fields - Tanada

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More SNOW photos from today are in my ALBUM ! till Nr. 34



more of my SNOW haiku


the bamboo is maybe just a second before breaking ...
yuki-ore, a kigo



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midnight

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midnight -
the whiteness of snow
and moonlight




. SNOW from yesterday





The full moon
is on March 30, 2010.




Full moon. Image credit: NASA



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short lifespan

morning meditation - the short lifespan of snow patterns

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This morning meditation is a kind of Quigong, standing position 站椿功 , for about 10 minutes, during which time the snow was all gone.




For those who might need a more concrete imagery in the last two lines ...


snow patterns -
my cat passes
without a glance





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pink snow

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light snow -
pink sunshine
on the pines


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More of it is here:
Snow in Ohaga
My Weekly Weatherforecast



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rabbit in new coat

New Year preparations - my rabbit in his coat of white

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Photos from snow this morning 　




. 2011 - Year of the Rabbit / Hare 　




my rabbit featured here

International Haiku New Year’s Festival 2011
. Akita International Haiku Network


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Later in the day we learn about blizzards in North America, Europe and Northern Japan, some with taifun-like wind gusts . . .

Here it is "only" cold around zero and drizzeling snow-rain the whole day.

blizzard warnings -
my respect for nature
is growing


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snow in Tohoku

snow in Tohoku - how many flakes carry traces of radiation ?

. Japan - after the BIG earthquake .



. Snow on March 26 - my Photo Album 　　


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more snow

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more snow -
I take a second
deep breath







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First Snow Roses

初雪や first snow ! the silence of my roses deepens

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Roses and Clouds, December 26 !!!



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First Snow

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初雪のお知らせありて　冨士の山









first snow
late on Mount Fuji ...
says the news








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It is 5 days later than a "normal" year and 1 day earlier than last season.


First Snow ... a KIGO


Fuji, Mt. Fuji, Fujiyama, Fujisan and haiku





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late snow

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morning surprise -
deep frost covers
the window panes



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late snow -
the bamboo bows
deeply






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Some friends are quarreling in unexpected ways.
And snow keeps falling in the valley ...



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Rosebuds in snow

rosebuds in snow - the softness of his hand on my shoulder

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紅梅や雪の中も咲きにけり red plums - you don't mind blossoming in snow

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cold feet and a freezing head - ah ah ah ah ah

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雪の降る午後に紅茶や山暮らし
yuki no furu gogo ni koocha ya yamagurashi


it snows
in the afternoon with a cup of black tea . . .
my mountain life






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Snow (yuki)
Many kigo related to snow.



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Hatsuyuki

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hatsuyuki ya　 初雪や


first snow ...
two crow families fight
for a place in the sky



first snow
on red leaves ...
global warming




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A cold spell has gripped Japan, much too early for the season.
Daily high not above 5 degrees centigrade ...

and a cover of white on the red leaves and the yellow gingko !



And these crows are constantly "barking" in the sky, chasing each other, fighting for a space to stay in our valley

November 19, 2008


The cold spell continues, white morning again today, yesterday was a warm plus four centigrade ...
November 20, 2008



. WKD : first snow, hatsu yuki 初雪 .


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snow

snow in my valley - what are my poor neighbours doing right now?

The Super Earthquake March 11, 2011

東北地方太平洋沖地震
magnitude 9:0

. Tohoku region Pacific Ocean offshore earthquake .



My Diary

. Japan - after the BIG earthquake .


Temperatures are falling, we even had snow here in Western Japan.


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秋深き 隣は何を する人ぞ
aki fukaki tonari wa nani o suru hito zo

. Matsuo Basho about the neighbours .


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late snow -
a pheasant calls
in the morning mist



late snow -
tiny icicles lace
the old roof



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snow on palm tree

snow on plam leaves - I wonder about a haiku

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Camellia in Snow

wax forsythia in snow

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