Sunday, March 11, 2012

The Japanese Earthquake A Year Ago Today

After a year, this footage remains astonishing and shocking:



Authorities estimate that almost 16,000 people died in the earthquake and tsunami, and over 3000 people remain missing, a major catastrophe by any reckoning.

This disaster was followed by the worst nuclear plant failure since Chernobyl.




Descending Raigo; Amida Buddha and his attendants descend to welcome the deceased and to carry them to the Western Paradise; Kamakura Period



Hannya Shingyo, The Heart Sutra

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2 comments:

  1. JCFMarch 11, 2012 at 4:34 PM

    Memory eternal.

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  2. MarkBrunsonMarch 13, 2012 at 1:44 AM

    Sariputra, form is emptiness, emptiness form . . . no ignorance and suffering, no end to ignorance and suffering.

    Words as hard and baffling as any of Jesus', yet strangely as comforting.

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