Ewam Garden of One Thousand Buddhas

[Neptune's Champion]

Thought youse will like to see this. this is from two years a go, couple days after the 4th of july.
made a pilgrimage to a place i use to visit a lot to learn the amerindian language, Salish, on the flathead reservation.
Theres a monk that tends the grounds, but i didn't meet him. i plan on going back. there must be quite a few in the U.S. this one is in Arlee Montana.
the dali lama apparently refused to bless the garden, but they still use it for many proposes.
i prayed to Jesus here, until i go to the orthodox monetary in Arizona i suppose, seeing as how i am Orthodox Christian.

hope you enjoy the photos, took some dedication to copy and past each file address.
first photo is of the "animal's trail" (road sign in english kootenai and salish).
unfortunately theres a truck with honey buckets under the bridge when i was finally able to snap the pic. kinda gives it character
students from some big university in Mongolia came to study the crossing a couple years back so they can make one in Mongolia
its saved quite a few critters lives. pretty cool stuff
(as i listen to Khusugtun, ethic mongol music) powerful stuff. the Steppes fascinate me, so does Tibet.
those fortress monasteries in Bhutan are aweomse!

http://www.ewambuddhagarden.org

 

[cul4u01]

Wow! Awesome, looks really peaceful, and serene, wish there was a place like that close to home.

 

[Bookie]

I am impressed with the photos. Thanks for sharing. The Garden simply reeks with serenity.

 

[ndoghouse]

They did something like that near my house in attempt to save an endangered toad frog (Bufo Houstonensis) and it failed miserably. Not on that scale of beauty as that of course. They buried a bunch of culverts under the road so the frogs would go through them and pass under the road instead of the usual splat on the surface. They also buried sheet metal dams to guide the frogs to the tunnels. Later it was noted that the neighborhood snakes were thriving and getting really fat and happy? Hmmmm? They didnt relalize what they had actually done was funnel all them frogs under the highway to awaiting snakes on the other end. There really is such a thing as Free Lunch! Wonder what biologist got the Darwin award that year?

 

[Shavru]

Absolutely gorgeous. Thank you so much for sharing this gorgeous place with us.