April 23, 2019

Yama-zakura (Prunus jamasakura) blossoms: Jochi-ji

Yama-zakura (Prunus jamasakura) blossoms: Jochi-ji


With the deepening of spring, the splendor of life is gradually overflowing in the gardens.

It is one of my greatest pleasures in spring to see countless cherry blossoms fully blooming again. Cherry blossoms gloriously bloom in unison as if to muster up all their vigor and soon scatter all at once like a brief daydream in the sudden sweep of warm wind.

According to the teachings of Buddha, what has a form is just a fleeting illusion which must pass into nothingness, no matter how beautiful it is. Each mid-spring, I am awoken to this eternal truth under the splendid cherry blossoms.


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