Shortly after I admired all those Buddhas I posted yesterday, I came across these frogs who appear to be mimicking a Buddha pose.
Their smiling faces caught my eye.
This visit to the nursery started out as a search for a white peacock (see Tuesday's post) and even though I didn't find the peacock, I did find a lot of other interesting things to photograph. It was a worthwhile adventure.
8 comments:
The painting in the first frame caught my attention. Frogs look so animated
Funny, Sharon.
Isn't it fun to go somewhere for a specific reason and instead come across unexpected finds?
I love frogs, Sharon. These are delightful! One looks kind of...Zen! Love this!
Your mention of Buddhas and then frogs brought to mind this quote from Shinryu Suzuki's "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind": "A frog is very interesting. He sits like us, too, you know. But he does not think that he is doing anything so special. When you go to a zendo and sit, you may think you are doing some special thing. While your husband or wife is sleeping, you are practicing zazen! You are doing some special thing, and your spouse is lazy! That may be your understanding of zazen. But look at the frog. A frog also sits like us, but he has no idea of zazen. Watch him. If something annoys him, he will make a face. If something comes along to eat, he will snap it up and eat, and he eats sitting. Actually that is our zazen—not any special thing."
Interesting! I had to look up that book to get a better grasp of that quote.
They are meditating. : )))
I like these frogs, very cute
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