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Past, present, future: unattainable

by admin | Jul 19, 2024 | Buddhist, Poems by Men

Past, present, future: unattainable,Yet clear as the moteless sky.Late at night the stool’s cold as iron,But the moonlit window smells of plum.

Actually there isn’t a thing

by admin | Jul 19, 2024 | Buddhist, Poems by Men

Actually there isn’t a thingmuch less any dust to wipe awaywho can master thisdoesn’t need to sit there stiff

a dandelion

by admin | Jul 8, 2024 | Buddhist, Poems by Women

a dandelionnow and then interruptingthe butterfly’s dream

Yen-shou’s Poem of Enligthenment

by admin | Jun 26, 2024 | Buddhist, Poems by Men

Something dropped! It is no other thing;Right and left, there is nothing earthy:Rivers and mountains and the great earth,–In them all revealed is the Body of the Dharmaraja.

Journey’s end

by admin | Jun 22, 2024 | Buddhist, Poems by Men

Journey’s end–still alive,this autumn evening.

[44] Mind is the base, phenomena are dust (from The Shodoka)

by admin | Jun 17, 2024 | Buddhist, Poems by Men

Mind is the base, phenomena are dust;Yet both are like a flaw in the mirror.When the flaw is brushed aside,The light begins to shine.When both mind and phenomena are forgotten,Then we become naturally genuine.
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