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Haikus Of The Way Of The Elders
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Re: Haikus Of The Way Of The Elders
by bodom » Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:22 pm
Buddho is the way
to be free from all dukkha
cultivate it now!
to be free from all dukkha
cultivate it now!
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Re: Haikus Of The Way Of The Elders
by bodom » Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:25 pm
Mindfully aware
this is the still center point
rest in the moment
this is the still center point
rest in the moment
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Re: Haikus Of The Way Of The Elders
by PeterB » Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:48 pm
Friends familiar
the kiss of breath in nostril
the ache in the knee.
the kiss of breath in nostril
the ache in the knee.
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Re: Haikus Of The Way Of The Elders
by PeterB » Thu Jun 02, 2011 7:14 pm
Great Crested Grebe chick
as light upon the water
as a baby's breath.
as light upon the water
as a baby's breath.
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Re: Haikus Of The Way Of The Elders
by PeterB » Fri Jun 03, 2011 7:52 am
My mind was too fraught
all I could do usefully
was sweep the kuti.
all I could do usefully
was sweep the kuti.
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Re: Haikus Of The Way Of The Elders
by PeterB » Fri Jun 03, 2011 9:21 am
The olives flowers
will return to winter's green
then flower again.
will return to winter's green
then flower again.
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Re: Haikus Of The Way Of The Elders
by bodom » Fri Jun 03, 2011 11:14 am
Tired yet again
as I get up out of bed
time to go to work!
as I get up out of bed
time to go to work!
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Re: Haikus Of The Way Of The Elders
by daverupa » Sat Jun 04, 2011 4:28 pm
Down the garden path:
fruitless, yet flowers bloom...
Weed the primroses.
fruitless, yet flowers bloom...
Weed the primroses.
- "There is, headman, dhammasamādhi. If you were to obtain cittasamādhi in that, you might abandon this state of perplexity. And what, headman, is dhammasamādhi?
[kammapatha & brahmavihara, & a method of arousing gladness]"
- "Others will misapprehend according to their individual views, hold on to them tenaciously and not easily discard them; we shall not misapprehend according to individual views nor hold on to them tenaciously, but shall discard them with ease — thus effacement can be done."
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Re: Haikus Of The Way Of The Elders
by PeterB » Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:02 am
After a long drought
the very dust and pavements
smell like sweet incense.
the very dust and pavements
smell like sweet incense.
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Re: Haikus Of The Way Of The Elders
by PeterB » Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:05 am
Through the pouring rain
their voices mingling wetly
come the shapes of geese
their voices mingling wetly
come the shapes of geese
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Re: Haikus Of The Way Of The Elders
by Dhammabodhi » Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:34 am
The following is probably not a Haiku, but if I may, I would like to share a poem that I wrote. If it does not belong in accordance with this thread please feel free to delete it.
END
This is the end of the day
nothing more to think
nothing more to do
life is dead
Death is born.
The dream's over
but reality is not found
Incessant
Infinity ceases
and rises again.
Without body
It ascends,
Without hope
The Silence
Without feature
The Freedom
Without time, without dimension,
Without form
Existence.
The mold is broken
The vessel destroyed
The mind awakens.
END
This is the end of the day
nothing more to think
nothing more to do
life is dead
Death is born.
The dream's over
but reality is not found
Incessant
Infinity ceases
and rises again.
Without body
It ascends,
Without hope
The Silence
Without feature
The Freedom
Without time, without dimension,
Without form
Existence.
The mold is broken
The vessel destroyed
The mind awakens.
-Samāhitam cittam yathābhutam pajānāti.
समाहितं चित्तं यथाभूतं पजानाती |
A concentrated mind sees things as they really are.
-Ujuko nāma so maggo, abhayā nāma sā disā.
उजुको नाम सो माग्गो, अभया नाम सा दिसा |
'Straight' is this path, fearlessness is its way.
समाहितं चित्तं यथाभूतं पजानाती |
A concentrated mind sees things as they really are.
-Ujuko nāma so maggo, abhayā nāma sā disā.
उजुको नाम सो माग्गो, अभया नाम सा दिसा |
'Straight' is this path, fearlessness is its way.
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Re: Haikus Of The Way Of The Elders
by Ben » Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:38 am
I just discovered this thread.
Fantastic work, everyone!
Keep up your efforts!
Fantastic work, everyone!
Keep up your efforts!
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Re: Haikus Of The Way Of The Elders
by kirk5a » Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:32 pm
Old pond
frogs croaking
nonstop
frogs croaking
nonstop
"When one thing is practiced & pursued, ignorance is abandoned, clear knowing arises, the conceit 'I am' is abandoned, latent tendencies are uprooted, fetters are abandoned. Which one thing? Mindfulness immersed in the body." -AN 1.230
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