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It's all in the eye of the beholder
Life, Somkid Chaijitvanit, Published on 20/08/2012
» 'Sometimes beauty arises from obscurity. Too much detail may dampen the aesthetics of that very object."
Beauty has a way of its own
Life, Somkid Chaijitvanit, Published on 22/05/2012
» The last light of the day was soon to take its leave. No matter how scorching the sun of mid-April had been, it now seemed ready to slide down to rest in the midst of brick debris, which once housed the worlds very first Buddhist university, the illustrious Nalanda.
Entering a another dimension
Life, Somkid Chaijitvanit, Published on 18/06/2012
» It was almost a decade ago when I took this picture during my trip to Moscow.
Workaday diversion
Life, Somkid Chaijitvanit, Published on 13/03/2012
» To them, I must have looked like an invader. The army of ants was busily engaged on some urgent mission, marching back and forth across the leaf of a tree in the garden of an artisan's house in Nakhon Si Thammarat.
The shadow of Buddha
Life, Somkid Chaijitvanit, Published on 10/04/2012
» Against the light, I could see shadows flitting across an expanse of cement blocks. They belonged to young novices waiting for a group photo after an ordination ceremony. Despite their shaved heads and saffron robes they were, after all, boys who wanted to have a good time as well.
The two doors
Life, Somkid Chaijitvanit, Published on 24/01/2012
» Sometimes, amazingly, a few words is all it takes to get us back on the right track. A friend of mine recently forwarded me the text of a short dharma lesson given by the Venerable W. Vajiramedhi, entitled "The Two Doors".