#buddhist inspired

[worldbuildingwanderlust]

Inner peace is not won

Through peace.

Peace does not test you

Does not bend

Or break you

It does not reshape you.

Peace is a comfort earned

Through war

With the demons

That plague your mind

Fester in your soul

And hold you to the fires

Of revelation.

Embrace

Your Wrathful Aspect

And defeat the demon

That is

The Self

#my writing #poetry #poem #creative writing #spilled ink #quick write #buddhism #buddhist inspired #vajrayana #tibetan buddhism #writers #writers and poets #writers on tumblr #poets on tumblr

[humanmawile]

The spider approached its prey.

The gnat simply sat there. But the spider knew she had not paralyzed her yet, so why wasn’t she trying to escape?

Confused, the spider looked upon her victim.

With great hesitation she said, “I am going to eat you now.”

The gnat simply said, “I know. I hope you get good use of my flesh”

The spider had not eaten for days but as she bared her teeth… she couldn’t make the killing blow

‘I may not have another meal…’ she thought…

But she undid the webbing on her victim

Without turning back or saying anything more, the gnat flew away

The spider sat alone on the web and cried. Eventually no more tears would come, so she just sat there, watching the wind take her web away

She starved to death that night

#dark story #Buddhist inspired #I just came up with this #it’s yours now

[positiveupwardspiral]

#anger #resentment #forgive #forget #move on #let go #buddha #buddhist #buddhism #positive #upward spiral #healing #recovery #inspiring quotes #inspirational quotes #mindful #mindfulness #inspo #sobriety #intention #quote #positivity #release

[illusorybread]

Hell.

#Touhou #Kutaka Niwatari #Inspired by that Clarste post around when Touhou 17 came out #where they said that Kutaka was sent to the trenches but I can't find it anymore #I had an idea for a fic/comic where Kutaka was a conscript but who knows if I'll ever do it #I had made a map and was researching Buddhist hells and all lol #illusory bread art tag

[twinterrors29]

I think the Jedi should have fake saints and made-up martyrs the way medieval Catholicism did

like tell me the creche-story of the Jedi Knight who threw their soul into the Force and left no body behind when they were captured by a Sith rather than let themselves be tortured into Falling and joining the Sith

or about the Jedi Padawan who spoke her case so eloquently that the Mandalorians who had captured her let her go and devoted themselves to fight for her noble cause

#star wars #jedi #catholicism #medieval #i know the jedi are more buddhist inspired #but this is an obscure aspect of historical christianity that could be very fun to adapt here #also i love the idea of obi wan hearing these stories as a child and taking them a little bit too much to heart lol

[free-grandmaa]

"I come across people everyday that allow me to grow in kindness, tenderness, and compassion."

#life quotes #love quote #inspiring quotes #spiritual quotes #motivating quotes #kindness #compassion #buddism #buddhist #spilled writing #spilled words #spilled thoughts #dark acamedia #light academia #healing #alignment #spirituality #self discovery #self awareness #life #writers community #community #inner peace #peaceful #blissful #the divine masculine #divinefemininity #manifesting #manifesation #abundance

[wisdom-and-such]

“Let one mold himself in accordance with the precepts he teaches…”.

Section 12: verse 3

Dhammapada (oldest surviving sayings attributed directly to the Shakyamuni Buddha).

(This version translated from the Pali Cannon by Ananda Maitreya).

#buddhism #spirituality #philosophy #poetry #writing #books #quotes #art #literature #art history #eastern historical studies #Buddhist philosophical studies #comparative religion #great authors #analysis of religion on contemporary culture #beautiful quotes #inspiring quotes #meditation

[gotoheal]

You become a more positive, peaceful and harmonic person when you don't react to people that use you as a mirror for their own self-hate.

#meditation #peace #yoga #inspiration #spiritualawakening #spirtualism #spirituality #buddism #buddha #buddhist #mindfullness #quotes #spiritual quotes

[japanwords]

放 (hanasu) "let go"

Freedom is found in letting go of desires, attachments, opinions, and other burdens which no longer serve us.

The more we let go into grace, the more we gain. Living freely, without grasping. Each moment is enough, just as it is.

#japan #japanese #japaneseculture #kanji #japanese language #japanese langblr #motivation #motivating quotes #inspiration #inspirational quotes #buddhism #buddhist #buddhist sayings #Japanese art #japanese artwork #japanese calligraphy #書道 #japanese art #calligraphy #japanese culture

[worldbuildingwanderlust]

Om Mani Padme Hum

O ut stretched arms of empathy M ay this embrace be fruitful

M olding minds into precious A ltruistic conduits N ear-perfect jewels gleaming I ridescence

P ink lotus with your eightfold bloom A waken sleeping wisdom D ivine and enlighten M e to the truth in E mptiness

H armonizing minds into U nifying M elodies

#my writing #acrostic poetry #acrostic poem #poetry #poem #creative writing #spilled ink #writers on tumblr #poets on tumblr #writers and poets #buddhism #buddhist inspired #om mani padme hum

[river-in-the-woods]

Friendly reminder that Buddhism is a religion.

It has a philosophy, which many choose to learn and follow without taking part in the religious aspects.

Nonetheless it has all the characteristics of a religion:

The veneration of powerful entities - Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Dharmapalas

A rich collection of symbols, folklore, and cosmology

Temples, shrines, holy places and holy statues

Sacred days (e.g. Buddha and Bodhisattva birthdays)

Prayers, ceremonies, ritual tools, devotional practices

Sacred texts and scriptures (sutra, dharani)

Spiritual cultivation (meditation, sadhana, mantra recitation)

A set of tenets and teachings (5 precepts, eightfold path, etc)

Several classes of spirit beings (devas, yakshas, gandharvas, dakinis, pretas and more)

Several schools/divisions (Mahayana, Theravada, Vajrayana, Zen, Chan... to name a few)

Both exoteric and esoteric practices

A clergy - individuals trained and ordained to serve the community

Spiritual authority - gurus/lamas authorised to teach and initiate

#buddhism #resources #its fine to be a secular buddhist of course #buddhism at its core is about helping beings #if it inspires you and helps you that matters #just dont undermine the religious elements #its there for a reason

[imagine-mokey]

#buddhist #daily inspiration

[heaven-is-in-your-arms-series]

Yakshas

Yakshas are nature spirits, largely benevolent although sometimes capricious, mischievous and / or sexually rapacious.

The feminine form is known as Yakshini.

They appear in Hindu, Jain and Buddhist texts.

In Thailand they are an important element of temple art and are commonly seen guarding gates.

#yaksha #yakshini #thai culture #hindu cosmology #buddhist mythology #jain cosmology #man suang fic inspiration

[sketchesinstillness]

A little love note from Yogi Firefly :)

#firefly #zen #mindfulness #spirituality #meditation #inspiration #comics #peace #yoga #self care #self love #buddhism #buddhist #spiritual

[lavaflowe]

Hi there! Big fan of your art, especially of your current Wukong iteration. If I may ask, why did you give your Wukong redraw of the monkey meditating in a monk temple blue eyes instead of golden ones? Have a great month!

Hhehehe thank you!! And well- it was kind of a mistake??? Initially when I started drawing over that image, I imagined Wukong with Shifu Subodhi- so I drew my version of Pre-Havoc Wukong (which I drew in the Erlang doodle)

I imagine he had almost uncomfortably blue eyes- but when I went to post it I realized it fits better that Wukongs in the Western Heaven post-JTTW soooooo💀 at that point it was too late to fix AJJDJAJFJF

#answered asks #lava chatter #he’s literally in a Buddhist temple but my brain went “omg it’s just like Subhodis lectures’ and put no more thought into it LMAO #I’m not quite sure I’ll keep the blue eyes tbh #ofc I’m inspired by the 09 show but idk if I want to he anymore #we shall see I guess #sun wukong #jttw #journey to the west

[spearbbinnie]

Just as a storm cannot prevail against a rocky mountain, so Mara can never overpower the man who lives meditating on the impurities, who is controlled in his senses, moderate in eating, and filled with faith and earnest effort.

— Dhammapada ch 1,8

#buddha #quotes #buddhism #buddhist #buddhist quotes #verses #religion #truthbetold #religious #art #inspirational words #true words #beautiful words #kind words #wordsnquotes #writerscorner #believe #belief #it's true #lord buddha #tripitaka