tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post4687029897718264312..comments2024-03-25T17:38:01.020+08:00Comments on Digital Tibetan Buddhist Altar: On LocationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-40624179805335483482010-02-02T09:46:46.347+08:002010-02-02T09:46:46.347+08:00rare or not rare, i see them as signs and if nothi...rare or not rare, i see them as signs and if nothing else as a beautiful blessing, perhaps that is coming from my own perceptions and nothing else but i rejoice in seeing them...thank you for this blog and the photos, and most especially for "taking us" with you, though i may not be one of the 'regular' readers (i.e.- daily or weekly), but periodically, i have a tremendous appreciation and gratefulness for DTBA and thank you for including us in the prayers, our animals we take care of are especially in great need of them. thank you~mrfrodonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-64018473226404750942010-01-29T13:12:46.374+08:002010-01-29T13:12:46.374+08:00Absolutely fantastic! Thank you so much for all yo...Absolutely fantastic! Thank you so much for all you do!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-30472623245988898452010-01-28T11:27:07.081+08:002010-01-28T11:27:07.081+08:00To the contrary -- your own source, linked above, ...To the contrary -- your own source, linked above, describes this as "exceptionally rare." These were two complete circles at the zenith. Your source explains that a CZA is never a complete circle around the zenith.<br /><br />We do not take these as miracles. We take these as signs.Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17607443504553459238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-20781991832139723422010-01-28T06:27:55.936+08:002010-01-28T06:27:55.936+08:00The horizontal rainbow y'all saw was most prob...The horizontal rainbow y'all saw was most probably a <a href="http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/cza.htm" rel="nofollow">circumzenithal arc</a>. They are not actually rare, I'm afraid. Or miraculous. It's just that people don't look up there all that often. I've always found this, as a metaphor, much more <i>dzogchenish</i> than the stoners' clouds of concepts we Tibetan Buddhists tend to hang off perfectly ordinary and explicable phenomena... <br /><br />Now, actually having a <i>self</i>, thát would be inexplicable and miraculous!Blinde Schildpadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12089901404619251224noreply@blogger.com