Some History of Matrix Software By Michael Erlewine

kinds of stupas and this one is an“Enlightenment Stupa.”The Main ShrineHere is a close-up of the mainshrine. It would be too complex tocall out all of the various statues, butsuffice it to say that our center isdedicated to Amitabha Buddha, theBuddha of the western direction,and also of death, dying, and thebardo. The large statue in themiddle is of Amitabha as well as thethanka painting just above it.Various offerings are in the frontrow, but the water bowls had notbeen filled for the day when I tookthis photo.Shrine Room and StupaHere you can see the walkway up tothe shrine room on the left and thestupa on the right. You can‟t see thestrings of prayer flags, but you cansee one of our bird feeders on theextreme right, although now it issummer.The StupaThis is our stupa, around which wecircumambulate. It containsprecious relics and other items andhad to be built and oriented just so.You can see the circular walkwaysurrounding it, around which wewalk in a clockwise direction, sayingmantras and prayers. Stupas aresaid to represent the mind ofBuddha for all beings, includinganimals, to see. There are eightHeart Center KitchenThis is the Heart Center kitchen,and many years of many mealswere prepared and shared here.The little stainless-steel bowl on thefloor tells me that we have a caninevisitor, a little female husky wholives here with my daughter MichaelAnne.