Hari

For school/tasks, for daily/seasonal logs, for personal study

Unreal color combo

Diagram, still in progress

Thinking about community. We went to this Buddhism-themed bar that is actually run by monks. They have scheduled sermons and we happened to be at the bar for one of them. The monk explained what each verse meant, and we chanted the verses and sutra together. It felt so nice, and it was nostalgic and new at the same time. My late grandpa would always recite the sutra, but alone. Even at the funeral, it was only the monk who was chanting the sutra. I had never chanted a sutra with other people. It felt so communal. I was moved by, at that moment, how Buddhism felt...alive? I always thought of Buddhism as something I relate to when I am in a specific context, such as funeral rites. It was never personal if that makes sense. But in this sermon, I actually felt like I was part of the community. It is kind of ironic though, because this was not an actual service and it was just a fun thing that this bar does. Regardless, I loved the experience. I thought of my grandpa.

Study of a Hyakki Yagyo scroll

a collection

A little beanie for my knitting needles