重游千年古刹 Borobudur Temples

虽然是第二度踏上印尼婆羅浮屠（Borobudur），缓缓走在八世纪的浮雕回廊上，依然叫人莫名感动。

和五年前相比，眼前的千年古刹似乎隐隐透着泛黄。经导游解释后才明白，原来这是为了更好保护浮雕而涂上的化学物质，以避免美丽的浮雕经年日晒雨淋下被雨水腐蚀。

人群攒动中还不时看到白色制服的警卫人员，或来回巡逻，或手握扩声器提醒游客不得攀

爬，不得把手伸入佛塔……这也是五年前不曾见的。看到当地人对古迹的保护有所进步，心
里很是欣慰。

这一趟，我仍然和日出或日落没有缘分，六月的Yogyakarta天空只有不定时飘来的乌云，闷闷地，似乎在等候雷公的命令以解放豪雨。

老天厚待，一直到我们钻进巴士，雨才开始飘落在这世界上最大的单一佛塔。

身在何处

你身在何处？
条件好的地方？ 或 条件不好的地方？
哦， 这些其实一点都不重要！

如果你想要处在这里，那你现在就是自由的。
如果你想要往哪里去，那你现在多半是在囚牢里。

It doesn't matter where you are now.
If you wanted to be here, you are free.
If you wanted to be somewhere else, you are in prison.
--Ajahn Brahm

(photo taken in Borobudur Temple, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)

Happy Wesak Day

The Buddha lived in this world as we do.

And despite all the turmoil he realized a state of imperturbability- to 'become patient as the earth'. Whatever is poured on it, burnt on it, or done to it, the earth just goes on being what it is and doing what it does. 

Patient endurance is not a weak option; it is strengthening and kind. With patient endurance we discover the ability to allow our present experience to be here, just as it is, until we have learnt what we need to learn.

 -Dhammapada Reflections.

Happy Wesak Day, my kalyana mittas!

took in Sheraton Mustika Hotel, Yogyakarta, Indonesia