by admin | May 11, 2024 | Buddhist, Poems by Men
Transience, emptiness and enlightenment –These are the ultimate truths of Buddhism;Keeping and teaching them is true Sangha devotion.If you don’t agree, please ask me about it.Cut out directly the root of it all, –This is the very point of the...
by admin | May 9, 2024 | Poems by Men, Secular/Modern Era
Try to be done nowwith deliberately provocative actions and sales statistics,brunches and gas ovens,be done with fashion shows and horoscopes,military parades, architectural contests, and the rows of triple traffic lights.Come through all that and be throughwith...
by admin | May 8, 2024 | Muslim/Sufi, Poems by Men
Your passion stirs meinto a frenzied dance: Thaiya, thaiyaCome swiftly, my healeras breath escapes meThe venom of passionresides within meThe brimming bowl of poisonI gulped down eagerlyYour passion stirs meinto a frenzied dance: Thaiya, thaiyaCome swiftly, my...
by admin | May 4, 2024 | Poems by Men, Secular/Modern Era
The ordinary miracles begin. Somewherea signal arrives: “Now,” and the rayscome down. A tomorrow has come. Openyour hands, lift them: morning ringsall the doorbells; porches are cells for prayer.Religion has touched your throat. Not the same now,you could close your...
by admin | May 2, 2024 | Buddhist, Poems by Men
This pure water I pour in order to purify this ground:With the blessings of the Rigden Father may it be cleansed of the pollution of the barbarian world.Let this water be genuine nectar of the SakyongWho delights in the four seasons and in prosperity:May the four...
by admin | May 1, 2024 | Christian, Poems by Men
Where is my dewelling place? Where I can never stand.Where is my final goal, toward which I should ascend?It is beyond all place. What should my quest then be?I must, transcending God, into the desert flee.
