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Open Aсcess Seattle Administrator — Sat, 12 May 2012 02:12:30 +0000

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Houseboats near Lynn Street, 1960

Image by Seattle Municipal Archives
Item 63597, Engineering Department Photographic Negatives (Record Series 2613-07), Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Telephone operators, 1952

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Item 24092, City Light Photographic Negatives (Record Series 1204-01), Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Houseboats at Roanoke, 1953

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Item 44771, Engineering Department Photographic Negatives (Record Series 2613-07), Seattle Municipal Archives.

University Way, 1927

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Item 2845, Engineering Department Photographic Negatives (Record Series 2613-07), Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Open Aсcess Seattle Administrator — Sat, 05 May 2012 16:12:07 +0000

A few nice Seattle photos and images I found:

Sewer break at Fifth & Washington, 1921

Image by Seattle Municipal Archives
Item 12950, Department of Streets and Sewers Photographs (Record Series 2625-10), Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Inspecting trunk sewers, 1921

Image by Seattle Municipal Archives
Item 12921, Department of Streets and Sewers Photographs (Record Series 2625-10), Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Proposed Golden Gardens swimming pool, 1960

Image by Seattle Municipal Archives
Item 73652, Engineering Department Photographic Negatives (Record Series 2613-07), Seattle Municipal Archives.

Musician performing at Vietnamese Tet Festival, 2003

Image by Seattle Municipal Archives
Item 137360, Fleets and Facilities Department Imagebank Collection (Record Series 0207-01), Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Open Aсcess Seattle Administrator — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 06:12:04 +0000

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Woman in park, 1977

Image by Seattle Municipal Archives
Item 76199, Forward Thrust Photographs (Record Series 5804-04), Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Snowplow at work, 1923

Image by Seattle Municipal Archives
Item 12992, Department of Streets and Sewers Photographs (Record Series 2625-10), Seattle Municipal Archives.

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The Future is Now

Image by Dr. RawheaD
Science Fiction Museum, Seattle.

The Seattle monorail (which I remember from my childhood days) almost literally goes right through this building. I say almost because the building doesn’t entirely envelop the track, but was rather built around it; the building is much newer, and definitely did not exist when I lived in Seattle in the early 80s. Anyhoo, the configuration really has this retro-future look to it; the kind of sci-fi world people imagined we’d be living in now about 40 years ago

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Open Aсcess Seattle Administrator — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:12:00 +0000

A few nice Seattle photos and images I found:

Monorail under construction, 1961

Image by Seattle Municipal Archives
Item 77338, Miscellaneous Prints (Record Series 9910-01), Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Skull Flowers

Image by Holy Outlaw
Airport Way So., Seattle
13 August 2006
46"w x 18"h

This photo was in the Photographers’ Center Northwest Juried Members Show in December.

This will be on display at Cafe Verite/Cupcake Royale in Ballard from February 10 through March 1st.

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dorothy (2 of 2)

Image by Bellevue Fine Art Repro (Scott)
Pirate ship in Seattle. I just had to try the Lightroom to flickr export plugin. Very cool. I’m liking this.

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Image by Junnn
Uwajimaya, Seattle, WA, USA

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Open Aсcess Seattle Administrator — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 04:12:41 +0000

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Fisk (1980!?)

Image by Get.off.My.Spaceship
Benched in Seattle

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Glass Vases

Image by AllisonKo
In Seattle we visited a/the Museum of Glass. :] It was shweet.

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Coast Guard Escort

Image by ArtBrom
Frequently, the Seattle ferries sail with escort from the Coast Guard. They played a recording over the PA on the ferry to let us know that this is strictly routine, and there is nothing to be alarmed about. Considering the size of the weapon mounted in the front of those boats, I’d say that was a good idea. Regardless, I’m used to this concept, as I see them run alongside the ferries most every day from my office window.

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Open Aсcess Seattle Administrator — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:12:55 +0000

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Rainier Valley flood, 1914

Image by Seattle Municipal Archives
Item 6580, Engineering Department Photographic Negatives (Record Series 2613-07), Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Night view north from Smith Tower, circa 1966

Image by Seattle Municipal Archives
Item 75967, City Light Photographic Negatives (Record Series 1204-01), Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Worker filling street flusher, 1959

Image by Seattle Municipal Archives
Item 60815, Engineering Department Photographic Negatives (Record Series 2613-07), Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Open Aсcess Seattle Administrator — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:13:13 +0000

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Mind Camp 3.0

Image by sparktography
Taken at Seattle Mind Camp 3.0 – Seattle’s premiere un-conference featuring the best and brightest of technology all under the same roof for 24 hours learning from each other, and exploring our passions.

Most shots taken with a Lensbaby 2G

The MAKE crew was there and they brought their hand crafted drawing robot. Take a picture, convert it to vector art, and BAM – it draws it with any pen you place in it’s grasp.

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Most shots taken with a Lensbaby 2G

The MAKE crew was there and they brought their hand crafted drawing robot. Take a picture, convert it to vector art, and BAM – it draws it with any pen you place in it’s grasp.

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Open Aсcess Seattle Administrator — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:15:26 +0000

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Vance Grill, 1940

Image by Seattle Municipal Archives
Item 18868, City Light Photographic Negatives (Record Series 1204-01), Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Boarding house at 5th and Yesler, 1909

Image by Seattle Municipal Archives
Item 52173, Engineering Department Photographic Negatives (Record Series 2613-07), Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Salmon Bay Terminal, 1936

Image by Seattle Municipal Archives
The Port of Seattle’s Salmon Bay Terminal was home port for a large portion of the Puget Sound fishing fleet. The Ballard shingle mills are visible in the background. Item 10525, Engineering Department Photographic Negatives (Record Series 2613-07), Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Open Aсcess Seattle Administrator — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:12:03 +0000

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Totem pole in Pioneer Square, circa 1920

Image by Seattle Municipal Archives
Item 66246, Erlyn Jensen Rainier Beach Collection (Record Series 9940-01), Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Sailboats on Green Lake, 1970

Image by Seattle Municipal Archives
Item 29207, Don Sherwood Parks History Collection (Record Series 5801-01), Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Open Aсcess Seattle Administrator — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:12:04 +0000

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Staying on their feet, crowd watching the action, sledders with all kinds of sleds including a sofa!, plastic sheets, disks, fancy boards, top of the big hill, snowy trees, Lake Union, Gas Works Park, Eastlake / Wallingford, Seattle, Washington, USA

Image by Wonderlane

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HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche displaying the vitarka mudr?, Teaching, Giving Instruction, Reason, Preaching, Transmission of the Dharma mudra, after a visit to the Sakya Dharma Center, 1976, SeaTac Airport, Seattle, Washington, USA

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Three Short Teachings
By Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche:

Thoughts and the Mind

Like waves, all the activities of this life have rolled endlessly on, one after the other, yet they have left us feeling empty-handed. Myriads of thoughts have run through our mind, each one giving birth to many more, but what they have done is to increase our confusion and dissatisfaction.

When we closely examine the ordinary habits that underlie whatever we do and try to discover where they come from, we find that their very source is our failure to investigate them properly. We operate under the deluded assumption that everything has some sort of true, substantial reality. But when we look more carefully, we find that the phenomenal world is like a rainbow—vivid and colourful, but without any tangible existence.

When a rainbow appears in the sky we see many beautiful colours—yet a rainbow is not something we can clothe ourselves with, or wear as an ornament. There is nothing we can take hold of; it is simply something that appears to us through the conjunction of various conditions. Thoughts arise in the mind in just the same way. They have no tangible reality or intrinsic existence at all. There is therefore no logical reason why thoughts should have so much power over us, nor any reason why we should be enslaved by them.

Mind is what creates both samsara and nirvana. Yet there is nothing much to it—it is just thoughts. Once we recognize that thoughts are empty, the mind will no longer have the power to deceive us. But as long as we take our deluded thoughts as real, they will continue to torment us mercilessly, as they have been doing throughout countless past lives. To gain control over the mind, we need to be aware of what to do and what to avoid, and we also need to be alert and vigilant, constantly examining all our thoughts, words and actions.

To cut through the mind’s clinging, it is important to understand that all appearances are void, like the appearance of water in a mirage. Beautiful forms are of no benefit to the mind, nor can ugly forms harm it in any way. Sever the ties of hope and fear, attraction and repulsion, and remain in equanimity in the understanding that all phenomena are nothing more than projections of your own mind.

Once you have realized absolute truth, then you will see the whole, infinite display of relative phenomena that appears within it as no more than an illusion or a dream. To realize that appearance and voidness are one is what is called simplicity, or freedom from conceptual limitations.

Self and others

As you wish to be happy, so you should wish others to be happy too. As you wish to be free from suffering, so you should wish that all beings may also be free from suffering. You should think, “May all living creatures find happiness and the cause of happiness. May they be free from suffering and the cause of suffering. May they always have perfect happiness free from suffering. May they live in equanimity, without attachment or hatred but with love towards all without any discrimination.”

To feel overflowing love and almost unbearable compassion for all living creatures is the best way to fulfil the wishes of all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Even if for the moment you cannot actually help anyone in an external way, meditate on love and compassion constantly over the months and years until compassion is knit inseparably into the very fabric of your mind.

As you try to practise and progress on the path, it is essential to remember that your efforts are for the sake of others. Be humble and remember that all your exertions are child’s play compared to the vast and infinite activity of the Bodhisattvas. Like parents providing for the children they love so much, never think that you have done too much for others—or even enough. Even if you finally manage to establish all living creatures in perfect Buddhahood, simply think that all your wishes have been fulfilled. There must never be so much as a trace of hope for any benefit for oneself in return.

The essence of the Bodhisattva practice is to go beyond self-clinging and dedicate yourself to serving others. The Bodhisattva’s activity hinges on the mind, not on how your actions might appear externally. True generosity is the absence of clinging, ultimate discipline is the absence of desire, and authentic patience is the absence of hatred. Bodhisattvas are able to give away their kingdom, their body, their dearest possessions, because they have completely overcome any inner impoverishment and are unconditionally ready to fulfil the needs of others.

Practice

The teachings we need most are those that will actually strengthen and inspire our practice. It is all very well to receive teachings as high as the sky, but the sky is not that easy to grasp. Start with practices which you can truly assimilate—developing determination to be free of ordinary concerns, nurturing love and compassion—and as you gain stability in your practice you will eventually be able to master all the higher teachings.

The only way to achieve liberation from samsara and attain the omniscience of enlightenment is to rely on an authentic spiritual teacher. An authentic spiritual teacher is like the sail that enables a boat to cross the ocean swiftly.

The sun and moon are reflected in clear, still water instantly. Similarly, the blessings of the Three Jewels are always present for those who have complete confidence in them. The sun’s rays fall everywhere uniformly, but only where they are focused through a magnifying glass can they set dry grass on fire. When the all-pervading rays of the Buddhas’ compassion are focused through the magnifying glass of your faith and devotion, the flame of blessings blazes up in your being.

Obstacles can arise from good as well as bad circumstances, but they should never deter or overpower you. Be like the earth, which supports all living creatures indiscriminately, without distinguishing good from bad. The earth is simply there. Your practice should be strengthened by the difficult situations you encounter, just as a bonfire in a strong wind is not blown out, but blazes even brighter.

When someone harms you, see him as a kind teacher who is showing you the path to liberation and merits your respect. Pray that you may be able to help him as much as you can, and whatever happens, never hope for an opportunity for vengeance. It is particularly admirable to bear patiently the harm and scorn of people who have less education, strength or skill than you.

Look right into it, and you will see that the person who is harmed, the person who does the harm, and the harm itself are all totally devoid of any inherent reality. Who, then, is going to get angry at mere delusions? Faced with these empty appearances, is there anything to be lost or gained? Is there anything to be liked or disliked? It is all like an empty sky. Recognize that!

Once you control the anger within, you will discover that there is not a single adversary left outside. But as long as you pay heed to your hatred and attempt to overcome your external opponents, even if you succeed, more will inevitably rise up in their place. Even if you managed to overpower everyone in the whole world, your anger would only grow stronger; to follow it will never make it subside. The only really intolerable enemy is hatred itself. To defeat the enemy of hatred it is necessary to meditate one-pointedly on patience and love until they truly take root in your being. Then there can be no outer adversaries.

Ask yourself how many of the billions of inhabitants of this planet have any idea of how rare it is to have been born as a human being. How many of those who understand the rarity of human birth ever think of using that chance to practise the Dharma? How many of those who think of starting to practise actually do so? How many of those who start continue to practise? How many of those who continue attain ultimate realization? Indeed, those who attain ultimate realization, compared to those who do not, are as few as the stars you can see at daybreak compared to the myriad stars you can see in the clear night sky.

As long as you, like most people, fail to recognize the true value of human existence you will just fritter your life away in futile activity and distraction. When life comes all too soon to its inevitable end, you will not have achieved anything worthwhile at all. But once you really see the unique opportunity that human life can bring, you will definitely direct all your energy into reaping its true worth by putting the Dharma into practice.

If you make use of your human birth in the right way, you can achieve enlightenment in this very lifetime. All the great Siddhas of the past were born as ordinary people. But by entering the Dharma, following a realized teacher and devoting their whole lives to practising the instructions they received, they were able to manifest the enlightened activities of great Bodhisattvas.

Translated by the Padmakara Translation Group
From Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Editions Padmakara

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Ikea unpacking glass pieces for the chandelier, sporting a tye-dyed Ganesha t-shirt. Lord Buddha, Padmasambhava, and Sakya Pandita statues, shrine, Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Seattle, Washington, USA

Image by Wonderlane
Our late friend Ikea recently passed away at a young age. May we meet him again soon! May he enjoy every happiness!

Ikea asked me to take his picture… I wish we’d had more time.

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