of Turtle Island,
and to the beings who thereon dwell
one ecosystem
in diversity
under the sun
With joyful interpenetration for all."
Gary Snyder
"Turtle Island" is a translation of an Iroquois term referring to the continent of North America. "Joyful interpenetration" refers to the Mahayana Buddhist realization that the "self" is not a separate, individual substance. Rather, it is part of a vast web of beings, all of whom interlink and interpenetrate one another.
Photos: (Left) American flag and The Twin Owls, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, October 4, 2014; (R Top) Abandoned cabin in the ghost town of Ashcroft, CO, September 28, 2014; (R Bottom) Snow-covered Clark Peak and Aspen trees, Rawah WIlderness, CO, October 2, 2014
"Turtle Island" is a translation of an Iroquois term referring to the continent of North America. "Joyful interpenetration" refers to the Mahayana Buddhist realization that the "self" is not a separate, individual substance. Rather, it is part of a vast web of beings, all of whom interlink and interpenetrate one another.
Photos: (Left) American flag and The Twin Owls, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, October 4, 2014; (R Top) Abandoned cabin in the ghost town of Ashcroft, CO, September 28, 2014; (R Bottom) Snow-covered Clark Peak and Aspen trees, Rawah WIlderness, CO, October 2, 2014
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