Archive for the 'Poetry' Category

Liberation

as far as the eye can see
nothing to be seen
just this
not even this
ta ta ta…
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Filed in Enlightenment, Nowhere, Poetry, Universal Life | No responses yet

white ox

the white ox refuses to leave
suddenly - Bong!
dinner bell ringing
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Filed in Poetry, Sesshin | No responses yet

old pine home

the wind murmurs
ghosts
through gnarled limbs
this old pine
feels like home

Filed in Enlightenment, Poetry, Video, Vocation | No responses yet

Walking To The Zendo

cool november grey
sky to the ground
feet cold and wet!
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Filed in Poetry | No responses yet

Miso

the smell of miso
reminds me of that time
in the zendo
when we were still friends

Filed in Poetry | No responses yet

Life and Death

Life and Death
ghosts walking
everywhere
How beautiful
this dewdrop life

Filed in Enlightenment, Poetry | 2 responses so far

zen practice?

zen practice
might not be
just sitting
just walking
just working
just listening
it could be
dancing
who knows?
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Filed in Poetry, Random | 2 responses so far

space hammer

hanging in the abyss
space hammers space
one moment eternal
echoes through time
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Filed in Poetry, Practice | No responses yet

Cold Mountain

I have always loved the poems of Han Shan. One of my favorite is number 26 -

Since I came to Cold Mountain
how many thousand years have passed?
Accepting my fate I fled to the woods,
to dwell and gaze in freedom.
No one visits the cliffs
forever hidden by clouds.
Soft grass serves as a mattress,
my quilt is the dark [...]

Filed in Intention, Poetry, Practice, Vocation | One response so far

Time

one
drop
splash!

Filed in Enlightenment, Poetry, Practice | No responses yet

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