Gallery of Dhamma Abidings
From Florida, to Cuba, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Nepal and India, the Dhamma is ubiquitous and ever present.
Gallery of Beings at BNN
A few of our friends.
A baby hawk on top of a canopy. The hawks tear up a lot of canopies The older hawk below is probably a parent to this young one. There are two baby hawks this year.
Bhava Nirodha has to manage a lot of fallen trees because I didn't clear cut the property. There are owls that nest and raise their young here every year. The hawks are also resident. A lot of theses trees are water oaks which reach 50 - 70 feet and have a short lifespean for an oak. They tend to fall over in high winds and heavy rain. The squirrels have many nesting grounds and feast on all the pecans, figs, dates, peaches...
There are also many deer and turkey. The deer give birth to their babies here because the back isn't mowed or disturbed, so the rabbits also like it. It is safe for them. Turkeys also parade their broods through every summer.
2025- 26 has been a time of severe drought and many of the ponds that they used for hydration dried up. BNN has a 4000 gallon Koi pond which has provided water for many beings this past year. It is also a challenge to keep clear of algae but with a large canopy shading it, the water is much clearer. I've seen snakes, frogs, toads, herons, all sorts of birds and everyone mentioned above drink from the pond. The Hummingbirds need their own watering station. Because of the drought we have set out "nectar" for Hummingbirds and water for bees.
The Koi in the photo can be said to be a miracle Koi. When I was away guiding retreats earlier this year, the pond turned green and smelly. One of the Koi, developed a swim bladder issue. At least, that is what I think it was. Poor guy was swimming upside down when I saw him. I took him out and gave him a salt bath. His appetite improved a little but he could barely eat in the competitive feeding frenzy that forms. Fortunately frogs, toads and Koi all spawned in April and May and he was able to take his time eating the eggs. That kept him alive until somehow after three months of swimming upside down with no motion control (he lost one of his eyes because he would lay flat on the bottom), he righted himself! At first he was quite clumsy- that's how I noticed who this was. Now he is fine.
Then there are the vultures who clean up what hunters leave behind. That's a tree full of vultures. And of coarse the crows.
