Constant Flux~ Buddhist Thought for the Day

"Buddhism holds that everything is in constant flux.

Thus the question is whether we are to accept change passively

and be swept away by it

or whether we are to take the lead 

and create positive changes on our own initiative. 

While conservatism and self-protection 

might be likened to winter, night and death, 

the spirit of pioneering 

and attempting to realize ideals 

evokes images of spring, morning and birth." 

~Daisaku Ikeda 

Let's go for spring, morning and birth.

(Photo copyright: Kirsten Steen

Taken at Portland Japanese Gardens in Oregon)