Peaceful Harmony Laughing Joy

Four gentle Buddhas experiencing serenity beyond thought as the celestial music illuminates and warms their hearts.

Heavenly Glory Above the Traffic

The commute was long and tedious, as the rat-racers clamored, honked, and cursed beneath the Heavenly Glory. Unnoticed and unremarked by the writhing masses in their glass and steel machines, high above the Sky Lords were ablaze with the majesty and power of Eternal Truth. And so they serenaded the world with the Song of God, who created the Universe out of Love, and blessed it with Divine Beauty. An ant who happened to be climbing a leaf by the side of the road wondered, "... how long, oh Lord, before Man will become truly aware of the brilliance and artistry of Thy Wondrous Creation?"

On the Edges of Dreamland

The approach to Dreamland is very beautiful in the last ember-glow of summer, when the leaves have not yet turned to scarlet, but the air is filled with expectation of cooler days, pumpkins, and haystacks. The black cows on the emerald hill gently endure the turning of the celestial wheel, as they have for times past reckoning. Perhaps it is for this reason that the Hindu Religion tells us they are sacred. Surely if anyone may enter Dreamland easily, it is they.

Fat Bat-Monkey Monster

Once Upon a Time, there was a fat bat-monkey monster who lived at the bottom of the cookie jar. He was a mean old greedy monster who ate up as many of the cookies has he could, and didn't like to share at all. None of the children (or their parents, for that matter) could understand how cookies could disappear so quickly! Especially chocolate chip cookies!! And so they filled the cookie jar every night, and when they woke up in the morning there were only two or three cookies left! How shocking! The parents suspected that the children must be sneaking to the cookie jar late at night and eating them all. This was a big mistake, of course, but what could they do? Who can imagine that there is a fat bat-monkey monster living at the bottom of your cookie jar!? So they tried punishing the children by making them do lots of pushups and situps, and exercises in the hopes that the little cookie thieves would at least not gain too much weight. When the children complained to their friends, they were laughed at and made fun of. "Ha ha! We get to eat all of our cookies and we don't have to be punished with exercise!" they mocked.  Of course, the children were so annoyed at this that they never said another word to their friends about it again.

Eventually the children grew up and happen to all be healthy and strong, and each one became very successful in life, and everyone in the family was happy; especially the parents who were so very proud of their children.  And so it all worked out for the best in the end. And to this day their family is strong and healthy. All thanks to the mean old greedy fat bat-monkey monster who none of them ever suspected lived at the bottom of the cookie jar.

Funny how things work out sometimes, isn't it?