Welcome! I am a contemplative thinker and photographer from Colorado. In this blog, you'll discover photographs that I've taken on my hiking and backpacking trips, mostly in the American West. I've paired these with my favorite inspirational and philosophical quotes - literary passages that emphasize the innate spirituality of the natural world. I hope you enjoy them!

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In the Spirit of Wildness,

Stephen Hatch
Fort Collins, Colorado

P.S. There's a label index at the bottom of the blog.

Thursday, December 18, 2014

All phenomena arise as embellishing rainbows for the skylike nature of mind!


"All the phenomena of samsara and nirvana,
What appears and what exists,
Are no more than rainbows in an empty sky . . .
No matter how they may appear, they are nothing in themselves;
They arise as embellishing ornaments
For the skylike nature of mind - wondrous!


Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol,
19th century Tibetan wandering yogi and poet


Photo: Rainbow, near Copper Mountain, CO, September 28, 2014

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