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  • Tai Shi
    Member
    • Oct 2014
    • 3497

    Profuse Reality

    When I look back to Junio,
    I think I know not this name
    This man. There are so many
    I do not know of 3000 members

    Where are they, I do not know,
    Maybe 250
    I have met in passing for These
    I know only in passing
    New Hampshire, happiness
    Withstanding, why do I know?
    Reality calls, to know
    Reality's bow shooting arrow
    Into sky missing its mark reality
    Narrow we think we know

    We do not know now gone
    Now present hiding mirror
    Of creation, bird song
    Sing beautiful, bird reality
    Singing screeching scintillating
    Like sugar pouring into bowl
    Spiced cinnamon reality song
    Of bird, I bathe myself
    Into pure song reality of bird,

    Eighty-four degrees Fahrenheit
    Reality, I begin to bathe myself
    Into Reality, into buttermilk
    Butter taken from milk,
    This cultures what is left,
    Jinko what is a name in reality
    Bird call, I sing, I sink, I sing,
    I rise to sing to perfuse reality.

    Gassho
    lah/sat today
    Last edited by Tai Shi; 03-28-2025, 12:02 PM.
    Peaceful, Tai Shi. Ubasoku; calm, supportive, for positive poetry 優婆塞 台 婆

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    • Tai Shi
      Member
      • Oct 2014
      • 3497

      I Sit Quietly On A Tuesday Morning

      Snow, cold, cold
      swoons to Earth,
      Dimly Light and Wind
      Mix into swath, pathways
      Of ice grinder of my heart
      Forgive my fear, my dim
      Resolved mind filled
      With my soul of excuses
      Wishing for more
      More than wind, puff
      Of air and water this
      Is snow, white, not blue
      Blue white blue yellow
      Smudge of land beneath
      Breath of fresh air cold, cold.
      Above possible sea of ice.

      Gassho
      lah/sat today
      Last edited by Tai Shi; 04-01-2025, 01:19 PM.
      Peaceful, Tai Shi. Ubasoku; calm, supportive, for positive poetry 優婆塞 台 婆

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      • Layzie
        Member
        • Jan 2025
        • 11

        A Spring Morning Reflection

        I've come back home.
        To Spring in the Carolinas.
        Naturally,
        most of my time
        has been devoted to my garden.

        A hidden sanctuary
        of wild flowers, azalea bushes,
        and blossoming cherry trees.
        But honey suckle vine
        has now invaded my homestead.

        Even with all of it's own beauty,
        it has begun to choke the life
        from the fellow foliage.

        As I spend day after day
        pulling and twisting these vines
        from my dear old friends,
        how can I not be reminded of,
        and liken it to my own
        practice of zazen?

        Clearing away the brush.
        Throwing away delusions.
        To see what is truly there.

        Gassho

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        • Layzie
          Member
          • Jan 2025
          • 11

          A Little Lesson

          Sweeping my front porch.
          Single minded.
          Present.
          Here, and now.


          One final push
          of the broom.
          A sigh of relief.


          Turning around
          only to feel
          a sudden gust of wind,
          and my porch is covered
          with leaves once again.


          All I can do is chuckle,
          and enjoy the sunbeams
          through the trees.

          Gassho

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          • WhiteLotus
            Member
            • Apr 2025
            • 44

            I was encouraged to post a poem I wrote:

            White Lotus

            Weaving spider can't enter here.
            Nothing's said so you can hear.
            Weaving spider can't enter here.
            Return to you with all your fear.

            On the pond of clear reflection.
            Beyond the void without detection.
            Sits a flower of pure perfection.
            Blossoms found every direction.

            In the mirror made of mind.
            There's no forward or behind.
            The only peace there you'll find.
            Is it's all made of pure mind.

            On the mirror of bright reflection.
            There's nothing more than connection.
            Nothing to gain in any direction.
            Nothing to lose is pure perfection.

            In the mirror made of mind.
            There's no forward or behind.
            The only peace there you'll find.
            Is it's all made of pure mind.

            Here is a link to a song I made out of it: White Lotus
            Thank you for reading and much love!
            Salem
            SatLah

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            • Layzie
              Member
              • Jan 2025
              • 11

              A Sudden Spring Storm

              Blanketing rain across the leaves,
              and powerful, pulsing winds
              against my window.

              Struggling to sit in meditation,
              I worry about them all.
              The nests in the cedar.
              The squirrels in the pines.
              The pregnant cat who's beginning
              to think I'm all right.

              What can I do, but continue to sit?

              When the storm let's up,
              and only a pleasant drizzle remains
              I rise from the cushion
              to see a patch of sun through the clouds.

              The birds in their trees, wet and puffy.
              The cat poking out from the barn,
              and the first hummingbird
              of the new season.

              Gassho
              Last edited by Layzie; 04-10-2025, 11:00 PM.

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              • Layzie
                Member
                • Jan 2025
                • 11

                A Night or Two to Ryaku Fusatsu

                Large clouds form a bear's claw
                as they strike across the sky.
                Revealing a luminous waxing moon.
                As if it were a gift,
                only for me to see,
                on this lonely night.


                How lucky I am
                to be able to catch a glimpse
                of it's beauty,
                before it's swept away
                in the rolling storm clouds.


                Rain begins to fall.
                Palms open, I do not worry.
                Calmly walking back inside,
                I light incense
                and read poems
                from ancient masters.

                Gassho
                Last edited by Layzie; 04-11-2025, 10:30 PM.

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                • Layzie
                  Member
                  • Jan 2025
                  • 11

                  A Little Wu Wei Word Play

                  People say nothing is impossible,
                  but I do nothing all day,
                  and I am full.

                  Gassho
                  Last edited by Layzie; 04-12-2025, 11:27 PM.

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                  • Onkai
                    Senior Priest-in-Training
                    • Aug 2015
                    • 3251

                    Originally posted by Layzie
                    A Wu Wei Play With Words

                    People say nothing is impossible,
                    but I do nothing all day,
                    and I am full.

                    Gassho


                    Gassho Onkai
                    美道 Bidou Beautiful Way
                    恩海 Onkai Merciful/Kind Ocean

                    I have a lot to learn; take anything I say that sounds like teaching with a grain of salt.

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                    • Layzie
                      Member
                      • Jan 2025
                      • 11

                      Nothing Reflects Nothing

                      It is pointless to try to see
                      your reflection in agitated waters.
                      Only still water can give
                      an accurate image
                      of what is above it.

                      In the same manner,
                      only stillness of the mind,
                      and stillness of the body,
                      can reflect one's true nature.

                      What remains
                      when my body and mind
                      are left behind?
                      Three small yellow flowers
                      standing in my altar vase.

                      Gassho

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                      • Layzie
                        Member
                        • Jan 2025
                        • 11

                        After These Days of Rain

                        Not a single cloud in the sky.
                        Trees take their time
                        swaying from side to side.
                        A bluejay cries
                        across the open hill.

                        Tired winds make no noise.

                        I feel myself slowly melting.
                        Fading into the breeze.
                        Where do I begin?
                        Where do I end?

                        Viewing the great mystery
                        through the eyes
                        of every living thing,
                        and experiencing the vast emptiness.

                        Gassho

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                        • Layzie
                          Member
                          • Jan 2025
                          • 11

                          In The Middle of A Hard Day's Work.

                          Distracted by the weather
                          and nature's beauty,
                          I sit under a shady tree.

                          The lost one-eyed finch drinks
                          from the hanging water bowl.
                          It grows old; and on.

                          Surely this place
                          holds the spirit
                          of Kannon.

                          Gassho
                          Last edited by Layzie; 04-15-2025, 09:26 PM.

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                          • Layzie
                            Member
                            • Jan 2025
                            • 11

                            A Morning Talk With A Bird

                            Saying hello, every morning,
                            to the cardinal
                            nesting in the tree
                            across from my balcony,

                            I wonder,

                            All my talk of impermanence,
                            and practice of non-attachment,
                            yet how will I feel
                            when it is gone?

                            "I love it as if
                            it were myself" I say.

                            and if there is no self?

                            no bird?

                            Even so, I still believe
                            that love and compassion
                            are at the foundations
                            of this existence.

                            "I love it simply
                            because it is there
                            to love." I say.

                            Gassho

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                            • Hokai
                              Member
                              • Aug 2024
                              • 145

                              In my shed
                              I sit
                              And know I am alive

                              Gassho
                              Hōkai
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                              “How can we ever lose interest in life? Spring has come again
                              And cherry trees bloom in the mountains.”
                              ― Ryokan​

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