Blessings to Thich Nhat Hanh.
"The International Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism announces that our beloved teacher Thich Nhat Hanh has passed away peacefully at Từ Hiếu Temple in Huế, Vietnam, at 00:00hrs on 22nd January, 2022, at the age of 95.
We invite our global spiritual family to take a few moments to be still, to come back to our mindful breathing, as we together hold Thay in our hearts in peace and loving gratitude for all he has offered the world."
Read the Update: https://plumvillage.org/about/thich-nhat-hanh/thich-nhat-hanhs-health/thich-nhat-hanh-11-11-1926-01-22-2022/
—-https://t.me/EuphonicIntuitive/724

"By the late 19th century, Price's Candles, based in London was the largest candle manufacturer in the world.[15] The company traced its origins back to 1829, when William Wilson invested in 1,000 acres (1.6 sq mi; 4.0 km2) of coconut plantation in Sri Lanka.[16] His aim was to make candles from coconut oil. Later he tried palm oil from palm trees. An accidental discovery swept all his ambitions aside when his son George Wilson, a talented chemist, distilled the first petroleum oil in 1854. George also pioneered the implementation of the technique of steam distillation, and was thus able to manufacture candles from a wide range of raw materials, including skin fat, bone fat, fish oil and industrial greases"

"In Vedic times, fire was kept alive in every household in some form and carried with oneself while migrating to new locations. Later, the presence of fire in the household or a religious building was ensured by an oil lamp. Over the years various rituals and customs were woven around an oil lamp.

For Deep Daan, the gift of a lamp was and still is believed to be the best daan ('donation'). During marriages, spinsters of the household stand behind the bride and groom, holding an oil lamp to ward off evil. The presence of an oil lamp is an important aspect of ritual worship (the Shodashopachar Puja) offered to a deity. Moreover, a day is kept aside for the worship of the lamp in the busy festival calendar, on one amavasya (moonless) day in the month of Shravan. This reverence for the deep is based on the symbolism of the journey from darkness and ignorance to light and the knowledge of the ultimate reality – "tamaso ma jyotirgamaya".

Earlier lamps were made out of stone or seashells. The shape was like a circular bowl with a protruding beak. Later, they were replaced by earthen and metal lamps. In the epics Ramayana and Mahabharata, there are references to gold and silver lamps as well. The simple shape evolved and the lamps were created in the shapes of the matsya ('fish'), kurma ('tortoise') and other incarnations of god Vishnu. Lamps were also created in the shape of the many emblems of gods, like conch shells or lotuses. Birds such as swans, peacocks, or parrots, and animals like snakes, lions, elephants and horses were also favorites when decorating a lamp. For lighting multiple lamps, wooden and stone deepastambhas ('towers of light') were created.


Erecting a deepastambha in front of a temple is still a general practice in western and southern India. In some of the South Indian temples, raised brass lamp towers called Kamba Vilakku can be seen. To adapt the design to households and smaller spaces, the deepavriksha ('tree of light') was created. As the name suggests, it is a metal lamp container with curvi-linear[vague] lines branching out from the base, each holding a lamp. The Deepalakshmi is another common design, where the goddess Lakshmi holds the lamp in her hands. Kuthuvilakku is another typical lamp traditionally used for household purposes in South India.

Oil lamps also were included in proverbs. For example, a Bradj (pre-Hindi) proverb says, "Chiraag tale andhera", 'the [utmost] darkness is under the oil-lamp (chiraag)', meaning that what you seek could be close but unnoticed (right under your nose or feet), in various senses (a lamp's container casts a strong shadow). "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_lamp#India

"The menorah (/məˈnɔːrə/; Hebrew: מְנוֹרָה Hebrew pronunciation: [menoˈʁa]) is described in the Bible as the seven-lamp (six branches) ancient Hebrew lampstand made of pure gold and used in the tabernacle set up by Moses in the wilderness and later in the Temple in Jerusalem. Fresh olive oil was burned daily to light its lamps."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_menorah#/media/File:Menorah_0307.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUSpzb4vels
https://naathamd.com/traveling-light/

"Traveling light trying to break the shackles that
Bind me to the things tempting me to stay

But the truly precious is as light as a feather
And all else is memory that fades away

Traveling on, just like a river flowing past
Hearts more unmoving than a mountain stone

Why do you flow they say?
And where are you going?
Onwards ever onwards to the sea and home

Like a broken circle searching for
That which will make me whole again

All this flowing streams yearning for
The sea and unity

Allah humma ihdina
Assirat al mustaqeem ya Allah

Waqallim qulubana illama tuhibbu
Fa illaykal maseeru rabbana

Kun fiddunya ka annaka
Ghareebon ao abirus sabeel

Live this life like a wayfarer journeying
Like a stranger on his way back home

Traveling light, a song of days and seasons
Spring follows winter like the day and the night

songs of hope and fear of patience and thankfulness
Marsk a way that leads to paradise

Life goes on like a stream eve-flowing
To the horizons on its winding way

Reluctantly joyfully you choose how you journey
But know that all rivers meet the sea one day

Everytime I think I understand
I touch a deeper mystery still

And in wonder
My heart expands at your infinity"

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'Cosmic Illumination' (a 1967 ōban; 37 × 24 cm in size; edition size: 100) by Yoshida Tōshi (吉田 遠志, 1911–1995), a 20th century Japanese printmaking artist most commonly associated with the sōsaku-hanga (creative prints) art movement.
Tōshi was the first born son of twentieth century printmaker and landscape painter Yoshida Hiroshi 吉田 博, 1876-1950) who is generally regarded as one of the greatest ever artists of the shin-hanga (新版画, new prints) style.
His mother, Yoshida Fujio (吉田 ふじを, 1887-1987), was also a Japanese artist, known for both naturalistic and abstract watercolours, oils, and woodblock prints; the first female artist in fact among the esteemed Yoshida family of artists.

'Courtesans and Kamuro [an anttendant] Strolling' by Kitagawa Utamaro (喜多川 歌麿; c. 1753–1806), one of the most highly regarded designers of ukiyo-e woodblock prints and paintings during the Edo Period.
Utamaro is best known for his bijin ōkubi-e (large-headed pictures of beautiful women) of the 1790s. He also produced nature studies, particularly illustrated books of insects.
Little is known of Utamaro's personal life. His work began to appear in the 1770s, and he rose to prominence in the early 1790s with his portraits of beauties with exaggerated, elongated features. He produced over 2000 known prints and was one of the few ukiyo-e artists to achieve fame throughout Japan in his lifetime. In 1804 he was arrested and manacled for fifty days for making illegal prints depicting the 16th-century military ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and died two years later!
Utamaro's work reached Europe in the mid-nineteenth century, where it was very popular, enjoying particular acclaim in France. He influenced the European Impressionists, particularly with his use of partial views and his emphasis on light and shade, which they imitated. The reference to the "Japanese influence" among these artists often refers to the work of Utamaro.

Light Mandala' (光のマンダラ), 2017, mixed media, 24 x 24 cm in size, by contemporary Japanese artist Hashiba Nobuo (橋場信夫).

"Woman with locs, painted Scarlet Ware from a house in the early levels of Tell Agrab, eastern Iraq, from proto-dynastic Jemdet Nasr period, early 3rd millennium bce."

'"February' (如月, Kisaragi), a 1982 colour woodblock print on paper; paper dimensions (h × w): 22.3 × 15.7 cm, from the series 'The Flowers and Birds of the Oriental Year'; edition size unknown, by Yoshida Tōshi (吉田 遠志, 1911–1995), a Japanese printmaking artist most commonly associated with the sōsaku-hanga (creative prints) art movement.

Tōshi was the first born son of acclaimed twentieth century printmaker and landscape painter Yoshida Hiroshi 吉田 博, 1876-1950) who is generally regarded as one of the greatest ever artists of the shin-hanga (新版画, new prints) style.

His mother, Yoshida Fujio (吉田 ふじを, 1887-1987), was also a Japanese artist, known for both naturalistic and abstract watercolours, oils, and woodblock prints; the first female artist in fact among the esteemed Yoshida family of artists."