Showing posts with label seven levels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seven levels. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Messenger from Depth

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While I was travelling around Asia in 2001-2002, I wrote some poems in Hong Kong, some more in Thailand, and finally a whole bunch in India....
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7 - Bangkok

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Two things are degrading to a man: Learning that is superficial, Sexual enjoyment that is paid for And dependence on another for food. – The...
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The Massage Parlour

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Possibly these are rather uncharitable reflections, but the way to operate here seems to be to ask yourself, “What’s the scam?” whenever a l...

6 - Erewhon

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At the royal gate and in a crematorium, One who stands by others is indeed a true friend. – The Hitopadesha No Fear Umbrella on a motorbike ...

Erawan

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END OF TRAIL Seventh level of the waterfall … The best pool was definitely number three, with a little cave behind the waterfall where one c...

5 - Rafthouse

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A king, a family woman, a Brahmin, A minister and breasts; When displaced from their proper positions, Do not appear attractive. – The Hitop...

To the River Kwai

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At the train station. Romance of the departing express. “The onlookers go rigid as the train goes by …” (Kafka). Copying down the sights – h...

4 - Ayutthaya

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The following should not be trusted: Rivers, persons holding weapons, Those with claws and horns, Women and royal families. – The Hitopadesh...
Monday, August 28, 2006

The Débâcle

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I would rather have stayed in the temple. That’s the point I need to stress. There was a moment when the chanting began, and the curtains we...

3 - Air-Con Bus

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A woman is like a jar of ghee, A man is like a hot charcoal. So a wise man should not keep the two together. – The Hitopadesha Chris I’ve b...

On the Frontier

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At the Burmese border. Half of us are paying 250 baht for the privilege of crossing. I can’t see the point myself. For virtually the first t...

2 - Golden Triangle

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If free scope is granted to her, Slavery sits on the head – The Hitopadesha Mekong Sunset Lines of inundation sap the fields dream landscap...

In the Opium Museum

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Sign in the foyer: Drug addicts are mentally sick people. Drug addiction, then, indicates mental sickness. Curing mental sickness is the onl...

1 - Hill Country

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To one whose feet are covered by shoes, Is it not indeed As if the entire earth were covered by leather? – The Hitopadesha Ban Rim Lai Elep...

Trekking

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There are four different species of opium poppy – white, purple, pink and red. We’re standing beside a field of them now. “Quite beautiful,”...

Seven Levels of the Waterfall

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(for Lien Stevens) [map by Matthew Kelly] Friendship seems like coconuts, While others appear like Badari fruits … Even after the lotus stal...