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"May we exist in muddy water with purity like a lotus, thus we bow to Buddha."
 

"Ja Love", Berkeley Pier (Berkeley, CA, 8-04-07)
[San Francisco skyline middle left]
 

View of Lake Chabot, Hayward, CA (7-23-07)
 

A thankful heart is the parent of all virtues.
                                                          - Cicero
 

Soft Reeds at Lake Chabot (Hayward, CA, 7-23-07)
 

On the white poppy,
A butterfly's torn wing
is a keepsake.
                      - Basho
 

Lake Chabot, Hayward, CA (7-23-07)
 

There is nothing else I can do;
I walk on and on.
                       – Santoka
 

Cactus thrive in blistering confines of Koko Head Crater botanical gardens, Oahu, Hawaii (6/07)
 

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.
                                                                               – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
 

Youth converge around deep forest pool at Maunawili Falls, Island of Oahu, Hawaii (6/07)
 

"Try to be mindful and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool. All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things. You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha."
                                                    –  Achaan Chah
 

"This plant one million years old." Pupukea Beach Park, Island of Oahu, Hawaii (6/07)
 

Whoever is kind to creatures of God is kind to himself.
                                                                               – Muhammad
 

Kuliouou Valley Trail, Island of Oahu, Hawaii (6/07)
 

One may not see the dawn save by the path of the night.

                                                                                   –– Kahil Gibran