These were taken in Friendship Park, San Pedro. Catalina Island, is as usual enshrouded in thick fog on a very sunny day…
1 滿山碧草黄花開 The hills are filled with green grasses and blooming yellow flowers,
2 蓬萊白雲紫烟蓋 Engulfed are the Blessed Isles in white clouds and purple mists. 3 西邊陽光東岸暗 Sunshine brightly upon the west and dark are the shores in the east,
4 莫見仙人渡苦海 Nary an immortal seen crossing the Ocean of Bitterness.
2 Penglai, one of the three Immortal Isles in the Eastern Ocean.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Penglai
3 If Catalina Island is to represent Penglai, the cardinal directions should be reversed since it geographically west of the US mainland.
4 Buddhism views the mortal world as an ocean of bitterness where one must able to cross in order to get salvation. This line means that there is no immortal trying to help mortals to cross and be released from suffering.
Thursday, April 26, 2023
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