Thank you, as always, for sharing these, Xanda. I love #5, above, with its suggestive Buddhist elements. Clouds form; they are but temporary and must dissipate (one way or the other). The "goose" can represent any of us, and the "best friend" and "separation" may imply that ultimately we must lose all our attachments. That the gooses depart in spring and return in autumn may hint at a theme of reincarnation, while *kumo to hedatsu* may indeed allude to "beyond the clouds" in the sense of beyond the Veil of Illusion.
Beautiful is it not. Dharma is everywhere. In the clouds, gooses, everywhere. Funny that it is one of the ones I chose to commit to memory. It also talked to me of the passing of seasons, and aging and death, subtle impermanence. What life would be like? would we be able to cope with aging in a month rather than over 70 or 200 years for those lucky enough to have such long life spans. My mom is one such person.
Thank you, as always, for sharing these, Xanda. I love #5, above, with its suggestive Buddhist elements. Clouds form; they are but temporary and must dissipate (one way or the other). The "goose" can represent any of us, and the "best friend" and "separation" may imply that ultimately we must lose all our attachments. That the gooses depart in spring and return in autumn may hint at a theme of reincarnation, while *kumo to hedatsu* may indeed allude to "beyond the clouds" in the sense of beyond the Veil of Illusion.
Beautiful is it not. Dharma is everywhere. In the clouds, gooses, everywhere. Funny that it is one of the ones I chose to commit to memory. It also talked to me of the passing of seasons, and aging and death, subtle impermanence. What life would be like? would we be able to cope with aging in a month rather than over 70 or 200 years for those lucky enough to have such long life spans. My mom is one such person.