Ten Paramitas (perfections)
Dāna parami : generosity, giving of oneself
Sīla parami : virtue, morality, proper conduct
Nekkhamma parami : renunciation
Paññā parami : transcendental wisdom, insight
Viriya (also spelt vīriya) parami : energy, diligence, vigour, effort
Khanti parami : patience, tolerance, forbearance, acceptance, endurance
Sacca parami : truthfulness, honesty
Adhiṭṭhāna (adhitthana) parami : determination, resolution
Mettā parami : loving-kindness
Upekkhā (also spelt upekhā) parami : equanimity, serenity
ARYAVALOKITESVARO BODHISATTVO GAMBHIRAYAM PRAJNA-PARAMITAYAM CARYAM CARAMANO
VYAVALOKAYATI SMA: PANCA SKANDHAS TAMS CA SVABHAVA SUNYAN PASYATI SMA’
IHA SARIPUTRA!
RUPAM SUNYATA,SUNYATAIVA RUPAM.
RUPAM NA PRTHAK SUNYATA, SUNYATAYA NA PRTHAG RUPAM.
YAD RUPAM SA SUNYATA, YA SUNYATA TAD RUPAM.
EVAM EVA VEDANA - SAMJNA - SAMSKARA - VIJNANANI.
IHA SARIPUTRA!
SARVA-DHARMAH SUNYATA-LAKSANA, ANUTPANNA-ANIRUDDHA AMALAVIMALANONA NA PARIPURNAH.
TASMAC CHARIPUTRA!
SUNYATAYAM NA RUPAM NA VEDANA NA SAMJNA NA SAMSKARA […]
1000-Handed Buddha.
Music by Zhang QianYi, Choreography by Zhang Jigang, Sign Language by Li Lin, Performed by China Disabled Art Troupe, Leading Dancer: Tai Lihua
2005 performance
2008 performance
Embrace meditation as part of art process.
Instead of trying to establish form and giving it character, instead of wanting to take control.
Go into the artwork itself, Surrender to it, let yourself being possess by the painting. no need to understand it, just dance with it, sing with it.
Dissolve your ego…. Don’t try to be religious. […]
start. a photograph of my room curtain. nothing special.
little adjustment. give it some texture.
invert the color.
simplification process.
simplification with color adjustment. save to archive.
recall “own” memory and a color adjustment. session to be continued.
All experience is preceded by mind,
Led by mind,
Made by mind.
Speak or act with a corrupted mind,
And suffering follows
As the wagon wheel follows the hoof of the ox.
All experience is preceded by mind,
Led by mind,
Made by mind.
Speak or act with a peaceful mind,
And happiness follows
Like a never-departing shadow.
The Dhammapada, translated by Gil Fronsdal, August 2005
Being in stillness, being in presence.
Bringing mindfulness into the painting. Each moment is unique as in meditation each breath is difference.
Each of art of stillness process is unique. Nothing can be repeated. It will never be the same as it was, even by implementing the same exact procedure. It always something new that will turn […]
The process of art creation follow a similar path of spiritual life through renounciation,a process of letting go, not through attaining or acquiring. To be in jhana is by a process of religuishment. Jhana is a meditative state of profound stillness and concentration in which the mind becomes fully immersed and absorbed in the chosen […]
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