Sunday, August 19, 2012

Mandala paintings, gallery fourteen




Purple Mandala
Acrylic on paper



Blue green Mandala
Acrylic on paper




Water flower Mandala
Acrylic on paper




Green Sun Mandala
Acrylic on paper



Native butterfly Mandala
Acrylic on paper




Green Mandala
Acrylic on paper




Spirit of flower Mandala
Acrylic on paper




Green flower Mandala
Acrylic on paper

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Blue Mandala





Blue Mandala
Acrylic on paper

   Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.
 
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Buddha Quotes



Buddha Quotes







“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”

“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”

“An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.”

“An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.”

“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.”

“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”

“To understand everything is to forgive everything”

“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”

“A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.”

“Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.”

“However many holy words you read,However many you speak,What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?”

“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”

“You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself”

“An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.”

“When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky”

“A jug fills drop by drop.”

“The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.”

“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”

“Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.”

“There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.”

“The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.”

Friday, August 10, 2012

Green dream Mandala






Green dream Mandala
Acrylic on paper


In dreams the mind is constantly giving you substitutes just to protect sleep. And the same is happening while you are awake. The mind is giving you substitutes just to protect your sanity; otherwise you will be scattered in fragments.

OSHO, The Book of Secrets