Daruma is sometimes called the WHITE BUDDHA. Here are some links about this subject, brought to our attention by a good friend who likes to drink Japanese tea....
Dear gokuraku no gabi-ni <wink> Minature handmade straw sandals were a gift to all the poets at the convention in Yuwa Town, World Haiku Convention, 2002! Now...
Hello all together, my name is Mario, I life in Berlin/Germany with my little family. I already study Zen a while and be interest in Japan kultur and ...
Greetings Everybody, My name is Ron Moss and I live in Tasmania, Australia - Gabi san very kindly invited me here as I have an interest in Japanese Culture. I...
Dear new friends, Welcome to our Darum Forum and thank you for your self- introduction. Willkommen beim Daruma-Forum ! Now we can write in German, English and...
Hi Gabi san, Thank you for your welcome, there is so much to see on your webpages, I have just looked at the Rev. Taiga Sano's wonderful Zen Paintings !! So...
Dear Ron san WELCOME -- Youkoso I finally got to look through your beautiful pictures, prose, and pose'. What a wonderful country! I am beginning to feel the...
Thank You Gabi san - there is certainly lots for me to see - I guess I can work a little in between ha ha best wishes, ron :-D Temples with Daruma san ...
ha ha ..thank you Dennis san, yes I do enjoy Monty Python very much, they are funny and wise ! I'm glad you where able to see where I live and view my haiga...
Mario asked about these books. They are ment for the stamps a diligent pilgrim gets at every temple and shrine he passes by. I am still working on it, but this...
Hello all together, Some of the Cover have touched my heart. Summer is passing by, the eyes from fish fill with tears ;-) Can you tell me more about ...
... Dear Mario san ... yuku haru-ya (5) tori naki uo-no me-ni namida (12) - Basho spring passing - birds cry, tears in the eyes of fish This haiku is a...
Hi, Chibi, Etsuko and all temple friends I just found a great link of the temple in Takao whith the large masks of the Tengu, the long-nosed goblin (who might...
Dear friend of Woodblock Prints, here is something fasicinating. It will also soon be up at Marks Buddha Pages, where you might have an easier way of looking,...
. New Year Prints, one with Daruma http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~xs3d-bull/hagaki/1999.html http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~xs3d-bull/hagaki/postcards.html Thank...
. Hallo Mario and all, Hier mehr wegen der Tempelbuecher. Here is some more information. And in the end a word about Archery and Zen from my own experience. So...
. Here are some wonderful woodblock prints by <> David Bull <. and great explanatinons of each card. http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~xs3d-bull/hyaku-nin- ...
Dear Gabi san You are incredible! Thanks for sharing this very interesting information and links. Anything woodblock always gets my attention :) Bette....
... That Dave Bull is a great woodblock printer and and person. Aren't his New Year Post cards beautiful? ! I'm fortunate to have some of these cards. He...
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Good Morning, Bette, I thought you would like these prints, good you are already a member of the group. David will upgrade his newsletter so that more people...
. At the end of August, we went to the Antiques Fair in Fukuyama, about 2 hours drive from our home. I got two new ones which I will introduce later, here are...
. Welcome to Jan from Tasmania ! Jan is interested in Japanese textiles, maybe she will tell us more about herself later. Check out this message where I put...
Finally I got the rice fields of our area, Ohaga in Japan Check 02 to 05 in this album. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gabigreve2000/album?.dir=/b565&. tiny ...
Liebe Wegbegleiter, ich bin glücklich. Sitze gerade auf dem Balkon genieße die Stille und habe noch eine Stunde Zeit um Euch mal wieder eine Mail zu senden. ...
Dear friends on the way, Mario send a long letter in German, I will give you an outline. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I am happy! I am sitting on my balcony enjoying...
. Firework display A magic summer event everywhere in Japan. Let me show you some pictures and tell you a little more about it. < picture of the Sumida River...