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Tashi@dualnondual· 17d

Just another day of *monch* hard *monch* work *monch*

A black beetle is on a branch of a cowpen daisy, having eaten an entire leaf. The daisies are covered in these guys.

Tashi@dualnondual· 17d

Severing the Bardo ‘Once and for All’ Shri Vajraḍākinī namo!

A Renaissance-looking painting of a realistic Tilopa, the human founder of the Kagyu lineage. He is seated and wearing a five-skull crown and flowing clothes. In his left hand he holds a fish like one would hold a vajra. His right leg is bent and his left is placed on a lotus. There is a flying Dakini (feminine manifestation of the enlightened mind) in the upper right.

Tashi@dualnondual· 22d

A golden Statue of thousand armed Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara) at the Dazu Rock Carvings in China. She sits with one set of hands together, joined at the palms. Layers and layers of other arms holding various beneficial items and mudras emanate outward in every direction offering to help, taking up the entire wall. A smaller robed figure stands on either side.

A stone statue of Guanyin seated in meditation and surrounded by emanations of arms in all directions and holding various helpful items and mudras.

A gold painting of 1000 armed Avalokiteshvara by Alex Grey. Similar to the others, arms extend in all directions holding helpful items and mudras and extended in offer to help. Two smaller figures are on either side at the bottom.

Tashi@dualnondual· 22d

A Gideon's Bible that's just this picture on every page

A picture of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyatso outside pointing directly into the camera at the viewer.

Tashi@dualnondual· 24d

It's after 6pm, what the heck

Screenshot from weather app. Partly cloudy 102° feels like 112° High 104° Low 78°

Tashi@dualnondual· 25d

We could be locked in here together but you playin'

Picture of a black door with a huge lock on it. Three wrathful looking eyes are painted on it.

Tashi@dualnondual· 26d

smol

A half-coconut offering cup with a yellow flower in it against green plants in the bg. On the inner edge of the coconut bowl is the tiniest spider ever seen. It looks like a speck.

A half-coconut offering cup with a yellow flower in it against green plants in the bg. On the inner edge of the coconut bowl is the tiniest spider ever seen. This one is zoomed in and I can still only sorta see the head and abdomen as lil brownish nuggets.

Tashi@dualnondual· 26d

Can't see me I camofage

A large green June bug holding on to a chain fence near a tendril of morning glory.

Tashi@dualnondual· 29d

This the guy she's gonna pick over me? Pfft

A small male black widow with orange and white spots and fat black pedipalps. Similar creepy-sexy legs. He's on a blue net rim.

Tashi@dualnondual· Jul 16

I can fix her

Close up shot of a black widow on a plastic wall. She's striking a pose.

Tashi@dualnondual· Jul 14

Actual view inside my brain rn

The ducks from the bathhouse in spirited away, looking derpy

Tashi@dualnondual· Jul 12

Beautiful friend (fiery searcher beetle).

A large beetle with black head, thorax and limbs that reflect blue. Green grooved Wing covers like the green June bugs.

The beetle from the side. Each segment is strongly iridescent bright green to blue and an orangey red. Incredibly colorful.

Tashi@dualnondual· Jul 10

A play on a traditional Wheel of Life thangka but it has Yama holding a circle. No idea is it's legit. The center of which is the Tibetan A syllable. There is a geometric red flower around it. At the edges of the wheel is a snake eating its tail, and on its body are the phases of the moon instead of the imagery of the twelve links of dependent origination. The eclipse is at the top where Yama is biting. Where the full moon would be at the bottom is where the snakes head swallows the tail and there is a tear falling from its eye onto a red lotus below.

Tashi@dualnondual· Jul 10

Painting of a glowing white Tibetan A syllable on dark blue surrounded by a rainbow and smaller blips of rainbow circles like rain on a pond surface.

Tashi@dualnondual· Jul 6

Silly and sweet, pulling beards

HHDL between two men, pulling their beards as they smile.

HHDL with a man who has mutton chops. He's pulling on his cheeks for the camera.

A jolly man with a big white beard has his arm around HHDL while he has a hold of the man's beard.

An older man bows his head to HHDL and he pulls his beard.

Tashi@dualnondual· Jul 6

Earlier years

Younger HHDL on wondering like a postcard. He's leaning forward a bit and looking at the viewer.

HHDL as a toddler with a Tibetan cap on.

Very young HHDL standing among his teachers.

A young HHDL sits and looks toward the viewer.

Tashi@dualnondual· Jul 6

Some of my favorite images of His Holiness the Dalai Lama 🙏💜 This set is devotional.

Artwork with HHDL transposed over Chenrezig with a thousand arms. Looks to be over Potala? Om mani padme hum in Tibetan fills the sky.

Artwork of HHDL with various other images transposed. Around his halo are symbols of all faiths. Fire is around his hands in a praying gesture. Various Buddhist thangka imagery is around him.

Picture of HHDL against Chenrezig, mani syllables are in rainbow thigles coming from his heart.

HHDL in front of a statue of Chenrezig with cloths stretched above his head.

Tashi@dualnondual· Jul 6

These windstorms, dawg

A large tree is bent at the base and splintered and split. The entire tree is broken into pieces.

Tashi@dualnondual· Jul 3

Eeeeee! 🫶

A mottled tortoise beetle on my hand. It has a circular shield like shell on its back that is clear with a black shield shape and reflective gold spots. Incredibly cute. The metallic look of the gold spots is striking. Apparently they like all the morning glory I have around.

Tashi@dualnondual· Jun 30

"If I cannot help people to generate [realization of bodhicitta and emptiness], our meeting is just a waste of time. Other than that, I am the poorest by inner, outer and secret perspectives. The best side of me is only that I met the best Dharma, best practice and the best lamas." - Khadro-la

A photo of the Tibetan woman called Khadro-la, the Tenma Oracle. She is beautiful with a wonderful smile and is looking sideways toward the camera and holding a long piece of grass in her mouth. She wears gold earrings and has a red / yellow robe.

Tashi@dualnondual· Jun 29

These suuuck

A spear of field sandbur stickers. Still green, very spiky with reddish tips. Great at what they do but also real pieces of shit.

Tashi@dualnondual· Jun 29

Cow killa

A four-spotted velvet ant (also called cow killer) crawling around the crack of a doorframe. It's not an ant but a wingless ground wasp (female). Has a reddish head and thorax with a black abdomen that has white spots and is very fuzzy on the underside.

Tashi@dualnondual· Jun 29

Got a decent shot of a cuckoo wasp (they refuse to stand still!)

A green blue cuckoo wasp on the rim of a pool skimmer. It is a metallic green blue with little studs that look like jewels, which I believe is why it is also called a jewel wasp. Legs and eyes are black.

Tashi@dualnondual· Jun 29

Huh

Screenshot of an item in an online order that says "Oreo Savory mushroom flavor (China) - 87g $4.49” and a blue button that says "add to cart"

Tashi@dualnondual· Jun 27

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Tashi@dualnondual· Jun 27

A quiet revelry

Close up shot near the ground of a small caterpillar munching on red storksbill, embodying the divine bliss of awareness as it experiences its own nature.

Tashi@dualnondual· Jun 26

How it started ... how it went

A closed datura bloom in the day, still perfectly wrapped up but with the tips of the petals swirled into what looks like a vortex with little vortices.

The datura bloom opened at night, a large white flower with what looks like a single trumpet shaped portal, a tiny cluster of cream polleny bits inside (I'm clearly not a flower scientist).

Tashi@dualnondual· Jun 26

Interesting friends rescued from the water today.

Wasp on a pool skimmer rim. Not sure what kind of wasp this is except that it's not a yellow jacket or a cicada killer. Lots of yellow, with black stripes. Small gray eyes, brown wings.

A Japanese beetle, which is somehow here. Has metallic green body with grooved brown wing covers. Standing on a light blue skimmer net.

A Delta flower scarab on a blue skimmer rim. Never seen one of these before but saw two today. Looks like a junebug with an upgraded skin, maybe from the season pass. Is black, brown, and yellow, and the most striking feature is a tan triangle against black on its upper back.

Pictures don't do justice for these. It's a very dark metallic green-blue, shows up in the photo as a reflective black. It's standing on the tip of a dry leaf as it dries.

Tashi@dualnondual· Jun 25

Blue-eyed cutie patootie

Close up shot of an orange-ish (cheese powder or mango) moth on a leaf. It's got blue eyes. Very cute.

Tashi@dualnondual· Jun 24

A grasshopper nymph sits in the foliage of a hibiscus with a large drooping petal above to the right. The nymph is bright green with little cream spots.