Hasu Transitoire (The Transient Lotus)

My culinary endeavors this twenty-sixth day of two thousand and ten made me very happy. They also, I think, capture my approach to food: no rules, no recipes, make it simple, make it creative, make it spicy! With Ruby by my side, chewing on her new half-lion/half-octopus toy, King Wubba, I continued my love affair with food... #1: An egg over-easy served with a sprouted grain pocket and slices of avocado, tomato, and red onion. A little salt and pepper, drizzle of olive oil, splash of Eve hot pepper sauce from Jamaica (pretty nice kick to it). Sencha. I love a hearty meal like this late in the morning, as a brunch, on days I know I'll be busy until late afternoon. #1.5-1.75: Gingerberry kombucha (my homemade tea is not ready yet!), banana, mini-Snickers (I can’t always avoid temptation, and besides, graduate seminars require snacks if one is to maintain focus… #2: Persian cucumber slices dipped in red miso Carrots, eggplant, and other crudités are excellent in miso …just a

讚唄之由 The Origins of Hymns of Praise T. 54, no. 2126, 242b2-23 讚唄原始。案十誦律中。俱胝耳 ( 即億耳也 ) 作三契聲以讚佛。其人善唄易了解。阿含中。善和羅作善諷誦。令影勝大王象馬不行。此土則康僧會傳泥洹讚唄。支謙製連句梵唄。又開士法勝善阿毘曇心。別撰二百五偈以為要解。號曰心。 This is the origin and beginning of hymns of praise. According to the contents of the Sarvastivadan vinaya (monastic regulations), Sronakotivimsa composed three tunes in order to praise the Buddha. These persons who excelled at chanting with ease understood them completely. In the Agama (orally transmitted teachings), Pravarana (person? unclear) composed and excelled at chants and incantations. It made King Bimbisara’s elephants and horses stop walking. In this land, King Senghui propagated hymns of praise for nirvana. Zhi Qian made linked verses of Sanskrit hymns. Furthermore, the bodhisattva Faxiang excelled at the Abhidharmahrdaya . He separately composed 250 gathas (verses) to serve as essential explanations. They called it the heart. 其頌聲也撰象天樂。若靈籥自發儀刑群品。觸物有寄。一吟一詠狀鳥步獸行也。一弄一引類乎物情也。情與類遷。則聲隨九變而成歌。氣與數合。則五音協律而

The West vast western skies sun setting eternal truth sparkles brightly through illusions infernal amida now beckons his paradise internal with queen mother west her jade love maternal   Futurista maitreya come take me lift me away thefuture awaits me tomorrow today the sadness of mappō might draw out my tears but the light of your halo will vanquish all fears