Dealing with obstacles, by Marcelle Hanselaar

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Posted on 9 December 2009 by Buddhism Now

Dealing with obstacles 1 © Marcelle Hanselaar

Dealing with obstacles 1 of 4

Dealing with obstacles 2 © Marcelle Hanselaar

Dealing with obstacles 2 of 4

Dealing with obstacles 3 © Marcelle Hanselaar

Dealing with obstacles 3 of 4

Dealing with obstacles 4 © Marcelle Hanselaar

Dealing with obstacles 4 of 4

Many thanks to Marcelle Hanselaar

Filed under: Art, Cartoons Tagged: | Buddhist art, Buddhist Cartoons, Marcelle Hanselaar

15 Responses

Amy Dyson, on 5 June 2010 at 10:37 pm said:

Humorous, with excellent poignancy.

Beautiful economy of line, as well.

Namaste,
Amy Dyson

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elaine steele, on 1 July 2010 at 8:09 am said:

Marcelle thank you for the perfect pictures

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introvertimages, on 23 August 2010 at 2:56 am said:

Simplistic, yet insightful….

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Macy, on 30 March 2011 at 6:16 pm said:

Got the message! hehe =)

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linda jordan, on 26 June 2011 at 10:26 am said:

i was working in my garden in the sun when i came across this blog, it was so sunny that i could not see clearly so i decided i had to go into the dark room in order to see clearly…..then it came to me, to some extent is that not what life is all about, embracing the dark times in order to see the full picture……

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Pallavi, on 30 November 2011 at 5:33 am said:

Although, I understood very well what the last caricature had to say, making peace with the situations in our lives and just “let it be”. But, what does the 1st and 2nd picture say that is different. Sorry I thought they mean the same. I may be wrong, please enlighten me. Much Thanks.

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- Buddhism Now, on 30 November 2011 at 8:49 am said:
  
  You have to work that out for yourself Pallavi.
  
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Pallavi, on 1 December 2011 at 2:28 pm said:

Ha! That’s very Buddhist. Thanks again.

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- Festivus Fortherestofus, on 8 January 2012 at 5:56 pm said:
  
  I see in panel one that our monk has identified an obstacle and wishes to get confirmation and support that it is an obstacle. In panel two he desires to have the obstacle submit to his will, in three he submits to the obstacle. In four monk is monk, rock is rock.
  Oh what a good boy am I.
  
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  - Buddhism Now, on 8 January 2012 at 8:00 pm said:
    
    What next?
  - Roger, on 13 May 2012 at 2:31 pm said:
    
    @ Buddhism now: maybe coming back to the market place with empty hands?
Ruud, on 12 December 2011 at 6:53 am said:

Awesome!

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Marcie, on 15 April 2012 at 8:04 pm said:

I love this!

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sara, on 4 June 2012 at 9:20 pm said:

i thought the end would be the obstacle disappearing, since obstacles just appear and disappear like everything else in the mind

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anand, on 24 June 2012 at 1:51 pm said:

That is true Sara. The obstacle has disappeared in #4. Do you not see it? There is a rock. There is a monk. But there is no obstacle.

Peace.

&

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