Auspicious Occasion: Light offering at the great Stupa of Boudhanath in Kathmandu. Each of the little withered Buddha statues at the bottom of the great cupola (way up on the top pedestal) receives a candle which is then lit.

Wrath is just another expression of our mind. If we don’t mind too much, abandon comes naturally.

What do our shadows get up to when we ignore them for too long?

A walk in the park.

Sometimes a stupa, symbol of enlightened mind self-arises. And sometimes it is helped along by Pema (Lotus).

The sheer abundance in color and fragrance is breathtaking. Sometimes literally. This year Enmempin decided to borrow some of that luminosity for his art. He sincerely wishes that return it many times over by whomever’s inspiration from looking at these.

A summer sunset like this fills the heart. Enmempin wished he could take this one with him to be nourished in November or February. Then he remembered that he could. And of course he had to share it with everyone so as to multiply the joy.

A summer sunset like this fills the heart. Enmempin wished he could take this one with him to be nourished in November or February. Then he remembered that he could. And of course he had to share it with everyone so as to multiply the joy.

Homesick for South-East-Asia.

It is said that a cloud never dies. The nature of a cloud is water. Which never changes. The cloud’s water may become rain and in turn a brook, a stream, an ocean. Or a glass of refreshment. But the cloud’s nature never dies.