Buddhavision

Buddha Eyes

Buddha Mind

There are many and I suspect countless images that represent an Awakened and Awakening Mind or an Awakened or Awakening Being.

These two images are representative of the Mind awakening. The top image suggests a sense of vision that no longer relies on the six ordinary senses; eyesight, hear sight, taste sight, touch sight, smell sight and thought sight. Most of us spend our life relying on these six sense doors which keeps us quite bound to the realm of desire otherwise known as samsara. The top image has three eyes, two we are familiar with and the third one is available, but not often found. The image below the eyes is Nepalese for ONE. This particular symbol suggests an ability to everything as unified or as One.

The second  image suggests an openness or spaciousness of the Mind which is not the thought or thinking mind but a Mind that is empty. If you consider space you may notice space allows everything to come and go within it. This image suggests an ability to allow everything to come and go.

The Ox Herder images are an attempt to present a spiritual path, visual tips for all of us to ponder. This Ox Herder image no longer has an ox or an ox herder. What does that say to you?