jizo statues and moss (nikko)

Posted by timothy sullivan (Tokyo, Japan) on 6 November 2007 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.

i have a confession:
Buddhas make me cry.
not just every Buddha, mind you. but the ones that have these captivating, sublime expressions truly make me feel at peace. calm. serenity. a flittering taste of nirvana.

it is within these moments that i fathom something far greater and deeper than i am; and i understand all of my worries are trivial.

every time i feel this elusive emotion, something draws me back into reality and there i am again, gazing upon an image in stone or metal. in this case, dozens of jizo statues line a riverside path (kanmangafuchi) in nikko; each statue waits patiently for a traveller to happen upon them and begin that difficult process of unthinking introspection.

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