12/5 Art: Artist cultivates magical worlds with miniature bonsai trees

The spiritual and cultural significance of growing miniature bonsai trees derives from a thousand-year-old horticultural tradition in Japan, representing a careful, contemplative and Zen-influenced relationship between humans and nature. Taking up this time-honoured practice of cultivating trees, Japanese artist-architect Takanori Aiba gives his bonsai an unusual twist by adding on miniature, realistic structures like bridges, stairs and intricately detailed […]

Dialogue between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Fr Laurence Freeman about the Teacher and Disciple

Via Dalailama.com One of them asked about truth and His Holiness replied, “Once you are familiar with the truth, it has an effect on your mind. In his own teachings the Buddha described reality in different ways because of different dispositions and temperaments among his followers. When Christians and Buddhists come together we can say we […]

Children at Kat Chut Kraom Village, Cambodia

Phare Cambodian Circus Show in Siem Reap

I took this photo at the Phare Cambodian Circus Show in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Hope you enjoy 🙂