Practising at Dhammagiri
Can make a lay person weary
But the sapaya there
(Benefits rich and rare)
Make any effort easy to bear.
Anabhijjhā
Theravadin limerick challenge
Re: Theravadin limerick challenge
---The trouble is that you think you have time---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
Re: Theravadin limerick challenge
That is a most excellent limerick.
Rain soddens what is kept wrapped up,
But never soddens what is open;
Uncover, then, what is concealed,
Lest it be soddened by the rain.
But never soddens what is open;
Uncover, then, what is concealed,
Lest it be soddened by the rain.
Re: Theravadin limerick challenge
Anabhijjhā
- 'freedom from covetousness', unselfishness
The senses are empty of self.
The body is empty of self.
The mind cannot claim it.
Or memory retain it.
So let go a hold on a self.
āloka-saññā
- 'perception of light'
- 'freedom from covetousness', unselfishness
The senses are empty of self.
The body is empty of self.
The mind cannot claim it.
Or memory retain it.
So let go a hold on a self.
āloka-saññā
- 'perception of light'
But whoever walking, standing, sitting, or lying down overcomes thought, delighting in the stilling of thought: he's capable, a monk like this, of touching superlative self-awakening. § 110. {Iti 4.11; Iti 115}
Re: Theravadin limerick challenge
āloka-saññā - 'perception of light'
I observed how the bright moon last night
Shone and glimmered with fabulous light
Was it night or a day?
My perception was swayed
And evolved into brightness of mind.
anicca-saññā - 'perception of transiency'
I observed how the bright moon last night
Shone and glimmered with fabulous light
Was it night or a day?
My perception was swayed
And evolved into brightness of mind.
anicca-saññā - 'perception of transiency'
Re: Theravadin limerick challenge
We grasp pleasure riches food youthIt works like this:
A poster will propose a Buddhist Pali term as a challenge, and the next poster will write a limerick about that term, then suggest another term.
Obviously, no limerick is going to be the only possible limerick to illustrate a certain Pali word, so the words can be repeated. If someone wrote a limerick earlier about samvega, for example, it can still be suggested again as a challenge. There are no limits.
An important point: Please, please remember that METER is crucial. Here is the correct meter for limericks:
iamb anapest anapest
iamb anapest anapest
anapest anapest
anapest anapest
anapest anapest anapest
If you deviate from that, you'll be forced to read the unabridged works of Julia A. Moore.
We flee from old age sickness death
How to find happiness?
How to find ease and peace?
Anicca-saññā - know all things cease!
desanā ~ exposition of the Doctrine
---The trouble is that you think you have time---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
Re: Theravadin limerick challenge
desanā ~ exposition of the Doctrine
To be blunt for a minute
up front and not spin it
the doctrine is deep
so unless you're asleep
the solutions are all there within it.
ariya-puggala ~ 'Noble Ones', 'noble persons'.
To be blunt for a minute
up front and not spin it
the doctrine is deep
so unless you're asleep
the solutions are all there within it.
ariya-puggala ~ 'Noble Ones', 'noble persons'.
But whoever walking, standing, sitting, or lying down overcomes thought, delighting in the stilling of thought: he's capable, a monk like this, of touching superlative self-awakening. § 110. {Iti 4.11; Iti 115}
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Ariya-puggala
Old Sam is an ariya-puggala.
Whenever he's asked for the formula,
his advice is: do good,
cease from harm, understood?
And the mind purify from its crapula.
Punna
Old Sam is an ariya-puggala.
Whenever he's asked for the formula,
his advice is: do good,
cease from harm, understood?
And the mind purify from its crapula.
Punna
Rain soddens what is kept wrapped up,
But never soddens what is open;
Uncover, then, what is concealed,
Lest it be soddened by the rain.
But never soddens what is open;
Uncover, then, what is concealed,
Lest it be soddened by the rain.
Re: Theravadin limerick challenge
Generous actions good and kind
resulting from a wholesome mind
accumulates punna
leads to sweet vipaka
As drips of water slowly fill pots.
sikkhā
resulting from a wholesome mind
accumulates punna
leads to sweet vipaka
As drips of water slowly fill pots.
sikkhā
---The trouble is that you think you have time---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
Re: Theravadin limerick challenge
There once was a boastful masseuse
who gave tisso sikkha abuse.
Her greatest insight
came from focusing tight
on the sukha her touch could produce.
Bojjhanga
who gave tisso sikkha abuse.
Her greatest insight
came from focusing tight
on the sukha her touch could produce.
Bojjhanga
Rain soddens what is kept wrapped up,
But never soddens what is open;
Uncover, then, what is concealed,
Lest it be soddened by the rain.
But never soddens what is open;
Uncover, then, what is concealed,
Lest it be soddened by the rain.
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Re: Theravadin limerick challenge
We moved this topic to the Pali forum since it deals with Pali words and to attract those interested in Pali to participate.
I might participate once in a while, but I'm no good at poetry.
I might participate once in a while, but I'm no good at poetry.
Re: Theravadin limerick challenge
An elderly sage of Siam
Said this as he munched on his Spam:
"The truth and it's parts
Was proclaimed by Descartes
'I think', he said, 'therefore I ham.' "
Said this as he munched on his Spam:
"The truth and it's parts
Was proclaimed by Descartes
'I think', he said, 'therefore I ham.' "
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Re: Theravadin limerick challenge
catmoon wrote: 'I think', he said, 'therefore I ham.' "
excellent!
I think you are supposed to show a Pali word related to the limerick. I would suggest:
Moha
(since it is Descartes after all. )
Re: Theravadin limerick challenge
Don't know if I can do this,...
I'll try.
There once was full Moha a man
who went to the beach for a tan
was a cat on hot tin
Now he's cooling his skin
enlightened sits under a tree.
Is it ok?
I'll try.
There once was full Moha a man
who went to the beach for a tan
was a cat on hot tin
Now he's cooling his skin
enlightened sits under a tree.
Is it ok?
Re: Theravadin limerick challenge
Thanks, Annabel! Can you suggest a next word?
Rain soddens what is kept wrapped up,
But never soddens what is open;
Uncover, then, what is concealed,
Lest it be soddened by the rain.
But never soddens what is open;
Uncover, then, what is concealed,
Lest it be soddened by the rain.
Re: Theravadin limerick challenge
And - Just a reminder of the Meter, and method for the Pali Limericks.Jechbi said:
A poster will propose a Buddhist Pali term as a challenge, and the next poster will write a limerick about that term, then suggest another term.
Obviously, no limerick is going to be the only possible limerick to illustrate a certain Pali word, so the words can be repeated. If someone wrote a limerick earlier about samvega, for example, it can still be suggested again as a challenge. There are no limits.
An important point: Please, please remember that METER is crucial. Here is the correct meter for limericks:
iamb anapest anapest
iamb anapest anapest
anapest anapest
anapest anapest
anapest anapest anapest
8 syllables for each of the first two lines,
6 syllables for each of the next two lines,
and 9 syllables for the last line.
The Limerick to point to the meaning of the Pali word given by the previous poster.
metta
Chris
---The trouble is that you think you have time---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---