We are Buddhas Ourselves - a photo on Flickriver

"I tell you, there's no Buddha, no Dharma, no practice, no awakening.
But you get all sidetracked trying to find something.
Blind idiots!
Would you stick another head on top of your own?
What do you think you're missing?"
(The Record of Linji 19)

A few words of the great Zen Buddhist master Linji telling us that we lack nothing, we are buddhas ourselves and therefore it's time to act like it...

I took this portrait of a Tibetan monk who was sitting next to me during the International Tipitaka Chanting Ceremony under the Bodhi Tree, the place of Gautama Buddha's attainment of nirvana (Enlightenment), in Bodh Gaya (बोधगया), in the Indian state of Bihar.

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Taken in: India / Bihar / Bodh Gaya (show map)

Taken on: December 7, 2008

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Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ18, f/4.0, 1/400 sec, 72.6mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Panasonic DMC-FZ18
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	72.6mm
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	High gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS4 Macintosh
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