75\u00a0 bar falls 29.75 1mph WSW dewpoint 41\u00a0 Beltane<\/p>\n
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I chose the English medieval name for the moon this month because of a wonderful incense burner in the Weber Collection.\u00a0 It is a bronze bunny, eyes lifted toward the moon, ears erect.\u00a0 There are holes where the ears meet the head and at the mouth.\u00a0 The label copy says this rabbit watches the moon to see her sister, a white rabbit, who, according to Taoist thought, lives on the moon.\u00a0 There she brews up an elixir of immortality.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This focus on immortality is typical of religious Taoism, not philosophical.\u00a0 My interest is in the latter.\u00a0 Religious Taoism grew from the intersection I mentioned a few posts ago between Buddhism and Taoism.\u00a0 Going in the Buddhist direction one outcome of this convergence created Chan Buddhism (Zen in Japan).\u00a0 Going in the Taoist direction Taoists began to create anthropomorphic gods in emulation of the Mahayana form of Buddhism that came into China.\u00a0 Mahayana picked up deities and demons and guardians from the Hindu and Bon (Tibetan native religion) religious pantheons.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The focus on immortality occurred at some point along the way, though I’m not sure when since I have not studied religious Taoism.\u00a0 Another way to gain immortality involved a peach tree that bloomed once every 3,000 years.\u00a0 If you were around when it bloomed and ate a peach, presto Immortalito!\u00a0 I’ve hunted for places to by a 2,999 year old tree, but so far no joy.<\/p>\n
Our generator is online and ready to rock.\u00a0 Jim, the service guy who explained it all to us, said, “Now you’ll never have another outage.”\u00a0 Sounds about right.\u00a0 But, at least we’re ready if it\u00a0 happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
75\u00a0 bar falls 29.75 1mph WSW dewpoint 41\u00a0 Beltane \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0New Moon (Hare Moon) I chose the English medieval name for the moon this month because of a wonderful incense burner in the Weber Collection.\u00a0 It is a bronze bunny, eyes lifted toward the moon, ears erect.\u00a0 There are holes where the ears meet the head … Continue reading Eat a Peach, Live Forever<\/span>