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  • Doshin
    Member
    • May 2015
    • 2641

    Kokuu

    Thanks for sharing

    Doshin
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    • Tai Shi
      Member
      • Oct 2014
      • 3420

      Poetry

      Give all away
      Sorrow of death
      Marking human defeat
      More than 4 million infected
      Morning glories bloom
      Near path
      Of no remorse wail
      Of shrinking science
      Stay away with no sister
      Brother, all of humankind
      Sequester in hovel ask
      For food, clean water precious
      Divide my cloths among you
      Making mask of flannel shirt
      Requirement of ordination
      In ordinary robes, sacrament
      Of death surpassing hundreds
      Of thousands suffocate
      In own sputum and blood
      Who knew such defeat nature
      Rebounding with red death
      When
      Does nothing come to nothing
      As politicians through money
      At citizenry and knowing defeat
      Comes every day office
      Of President a farce,
      Some laugh grief away
      When solace comes in
      Sutra only prayer, in chant
      In song, to hope harmony
      Some will wail
      Some will take and leave
      Some will wonder
      Some will look deeply
      Some will grab, clutch
      Some will search
      Into earth like never before
      Like never before
      Like never.

      Tai Shi
      sat / lah
      Gassho


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      Last edited by Tai Shi; 05-23-2020, 02:09 PM.
      Peaceful, Tai Shi. Ubasoku; calm, supportive, for positive poetry 優婆塞 台 婆

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      • Hensho
        Member
        • Aug 2018
        • 185

        Thank you for this beautiful expression, Tai Shi. I have been trying to write covid poems and can't. I'm glad you are. I'm glad to have read it as it brings a little solace over this lonely divide.

        I hope you are doing well.

        Gassho

        Kate / Hensho

        Satlah

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        Hensho: Knitting Strands / Stranded on a Reef
        "Knit on with confidence and hope through all crises." -Elizabeth Zimmerman

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        • Tai Shi
          Member
          • Oct 2014
          • 3420

          Poetry

          Siste Kate. Did you know I never had a sister, and such a sister as you with depth and light giving hands as you write so well. Put your pen to paper, or fingers to electronic miracle which my father understands in whirling electrons. Oh, sister Kate we are united in poetry better birth in beauty like the poetry of a child the poem born in equanimity and compassion like pain of all birth. See, we face another, common peril the COVID 19 waiting to replicate itself in living tissue so you and I build edifice of time our poetry which will also disappear someday, like the virus. Nothing lasts forever but the concept of sister brother you and me. We are friends forever.
          Tai Shi
          sat / lah
          Thank you sister Kate
          Gassho


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          • Tai Shi
            Member
            • Oct 2014
            • 3420

            Poetry is an act of peace, bridge against shores of time take boat of bodies into Pacific all ending war in 1974; which 55-thousand died against time like pandemic of 2020 where more than 60-thousand, or 70-thousand as largest economy hides those thousands of deaths, so best not to whimper-- stand tall in chronic, arthritic pain relax brain into just sit, Justice will uncover allot fascist history hypocrisy into exploitation of bodies, driven into silence where one only sits in non-revelation apprehending this act of Peace to Read and Write I have committed teaching Peace.
            Tai Shi
            sat/ lah
            Gassho
            Peaceful, Tai Shi. Ubasoku; calm, supportive, for positive poetry 優婆塞 台 婆

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            • Tai Shi
              Member
              • Oct 2014
              • 3420

              May I never again feel enmity toward any brother or sister here in this Sangha and as we bought flowers for my wife my daughter bought warmth and constellations of father this to all fathers, and mothers who must act as fathers in this uncertain world may both find exact resources for their children, and may all who have fathers and mothers celebrate peace, joy, and understanding, for all of us are deserving of peace joy and understanding. Today and always let it be true, for Higher Powers of each of us all.
              Gassho
              Bright Blessings
              Tai Shi
              Gassho
              sat/ lah
              Peaceful, Tai Shi. Ubasoku; calm, supportive, for positive poetry 優婆塞 台 婆

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              • Tai Shi
                Member
                • Oct 2014
                • 3420

                This is the day I became frightened for the US! There is no plan in our country to save us, THE US, and I refuse to call us, THE USA. We no longer represent freedom, and what we have is chaos among the states for there in no plan to save us. From the beginning it was chaos as my friends refused to wear masks in public. What do you call it when one man wields so much power for self gain? What would you call it when freedoms are being suppressed in a country that once not long ago represented freedom, and now there is less freedom which relies on greed and avarice, and dishonesty, and anger? Am I wrong? My hope lies in people of color throughout this planet, people of the majority. When people of color find computers, and smart phones and learn more fully to wield them, and the internet becomes a tool for true freedom, we will see a great revolution in voting and interconnectednes, in power, in acceptance of all humankind, not just old white men. The situation is grim, especially in the US at the tom. at the top where there is military might. May we as Buddhists represent a peaceful approach to might and subjugation, for we are a large portion of the Earth, and if Buddhists can find a way to be sane, and caring, to teach peace, and understanding, and acceptance, and my hope lies in people of color as well, people of color who are the vast majority of this Earth will use smart phones, computers, and the internet, we will see power taken from old white men. men at the top, and persuasion through a means that will bring about change, and women and the disabled, with this message I am becoming not afraid, and we as Zen, for Mahayana can change the world for the better, and Buddhists of color and women and men and the disabled all together united for the good the true and the beautiful. I have wept for this world, for the people of the world not able to understand the danger in fossil fuels, and nuclear, and all forms of negative human power, we shall survive. Remember Gandhi marchaning with his followers to the sea, to make salt, how they changed a nation, and how a small group of blue coats forced a larger power, a great power to relent. And how a small group of Bolsheviks provided hope which we can delete from negative force for peace, We must not lose hope is education, and communication, for reality is the way for all sentient beings; please let not my tears be in vain, let me turn my pain, and fear, and anguish into realities, into reaching all sentient beings, all who would...Let not my disabilities, and each individual slight be a stopping point. Let us rely on our individual gifts for the better of humankind and all sentient beings, and all the earth as I rely on my gift of poetry. I beg of you, read this and unite for the better.
                T
                lah
                Gassho
                sat
                Last edited by Tai Shi; 06-28-2020, 11:33 AM. Reason: Spelling and clarity both to help in every way.
                Peaceful, Tai Shi. Ubasoku; calm, supportive, for positive poetry 優婆塞 台 婆

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                • Hensho
                  Member
                  • Aug 2018
                  • 185

                  Ah, Tai Shi, I myself have felt anguish over the very same, and have felt helpless to change anything, being but one person, white and privileged.

                  For us the change must start with zazen, yes? That great acknowledging of everything that is, just as it is. It contains everything in all its forms, including you, including me, including all peoples, all colors, all injustices, and all desires.

                  As much as zazen contains pain and hurt it also contains justice and joy.

                  Brother Tai Shi, let us sit together. Together we begin.

                  Gassho,
                  Sister Kate Hensho

                  Sat

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                  • Onka
                    Member
                    • May 2019
                    • 1575

                    Comrades Tai Shi and Hensho
                    I read both of your comments and felt great kinship with the words you wrote.
                    Gassho
                    Onka
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                    • Hensho
                      Member
                      • Aug 2018
                      • 185

                      Onka:

                      Your words are the kindest I've heard all weekend.

                      Thank you for sharing them. Without knowing it, you have given me exactly what I need.

                      Gassho, Hensho

                      sat/lah
                      Hensho: Knitting Strands / Stranded on a Reef
                      "Knit on with confidence and hope through all crises." -Elizabeth Zimmerman

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                      • Jundo
                        Treeleaf Founder and Priest
                        • Apr 2006
                        • 40396

                        Hi Tai Shi and everyone,


                        Originally posted by Tai Shi
                        This is the day I became frightened for the US! There is no plan in our country to save us, THE US, and I refuse to call us, THE USA. We no longer represent freedom, and what we have is chaos among the states for there in no plan to save us. From the beginning it was chaos as my friends refused to wear masks in public. What do you call it when one man wields so much power for self gain? What would you call it when freedoms are being suppressed in a country that once not long ago represented freedom, and now there is less freedom which relies on greed and avarice, and dishonesty, and anger? Am I wrong? My hope lies in people of color throughout this planet, people of the majority. ...
                        While I am sure many of us empathize with much of what is here, and a lot of it touches on ethics as Buddhist perhaps, I also think some of the content is a bit too political for our Sangha. Let me again explain why ...


                        As to politics, we welcome folks left, right and center (the only border being that people are well intentioned, and nothing advocating violence, anger, prejudice and the like). Within those borders, we can agree to disagree, and be tolerant and civil in addressing those who disagree. Our members range from NRA conservatives to a card carrying anarchist and many in between, but I ask them to leave politics at the door.

                        The best way to express this is that, within our Practice, Zazen and Sangha, we drop all thought of "me vs. you" "approve vs. disapprove" "left right and center" "win and lose" "right and wrong" ... all to encounter a certain "Good" and "Wholeness" that sweeps through and beyond "me vs. you" and all the rest. A kind of light shines through all of that. There is a Peace and Goodness that leaps through all the battles and anger.

                        Then, at the Zendo door, going home, we are free to pick up again our political views and stands on "right and wrong" ... but, perhaps, this time a bit of that light will keep shining at the still still center of it all.

                        Sometimes I feel that the Precepts and Vows do drive me to take some open positions on some issues, so for example, I did offer a talk a couple of weeks ago on the current crisis, and how we should have affordable or national health insurance because this is killing people. I rarely speak so openly on issues of social policy, but sometimes I do. It is a fine line, I know.

                        Generally, let us keep our eye on the wholeness of the world which leaps beyond all the chaos, division and battles of this ordinary world, Samsara.


                        Gassho, J

                        STLah
                        ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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                        • Kokuu
                          Treeleaf Priest
                          • Nov 2012
                          • 6845

                          all night long
                          tossing and turning
                          in pain
                          opening the window
                          there, the cool full moon


                          Gassho
                          Kokuu
                          -sattoday/lah-

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                          • Onka
                            Member
                            • May 2019
                            • 1575

                            Gassho
                            Onka
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                            • Onka
                              Member
                              • May 2019
                              • 1575

                              WALKING.WORDS.


                              The Game Changer
                              Check
                              Contents of bucket
                              Books and cushion
                              Present
                              A goalless goal
                              Is a goal
                              Unable to be
                              Ready?
                              For what
                              Lies ahead
                              Lies ahead
                              Lies ahead
                              Is already gone
                              Moving. Walking
                              150 metres
                              Up. Back
                              Strengthened
                              Spirit
                              Enhanced
                              Practice
                              Is Practice of the present
                              Needed?
                              Daily.

                              Gassho
                              Onka
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                              • Tai Shi
                                Member
                                • Oct 2014
                                • 3420

                                Unfortunately, I too regard my words as too political and not after any Buddhist ideal, ideals, per Dharma-- so sorry Jundo, for I do not regard you as a Patriarch, or male status quo. You have been a trusted friend. I regret treating any country as pariah; one must first regard it's people. Since last week, I have been detoxing from Percocet (Oxy with Tylenol) originally prescribed for my arthritic condition, and I take zero now, and have had none since my last pill Sunday afternoon. I have the brave support my 12th step friends, and I have been hospitalized until today. As a poet I am happy my post generated interest, however my comment was not art. I believe first and foremost in art, and cannot regard current trends in poetry as what I learned in school, for I was made to hold high the good, the true, and the beautiful. There may be some obtuse meaning in form and content toward some obscure belief, but it is not art. For years I have been ill with this narcotic, checked myself willingly into Behavioral Health, where I received minimal professional help because of current trends in medicine, and I sat among patients who were not wearing masks, within 6 inches of each other; I came home with medical approval, will recover more fully with my wife who tells me it will take weeks to feel better and I hope never to take, or look at a Percocet pill again. I was on far too much, far to long to uphold my Undertaking of the Precepts. I made the decision after becoming depressed, entering to be observed by medical people. I regret if I hurt anyone in this Sangha which I hold dear, and love, and or follow with my strongest quality, my loyalty. Forgive me friends, for I care for Jundo, and all of you; we are all in this together. Of Lord Buddha, which is no Lord, smile of knowledge, asking not, giving much, let me me rest tonight though I might not sleep. Dear Sangha, I stand in silence, afraid of what my future holds.
                                Tai Shi
                                not worthy pf Calm Poetry
                                sat/lah
                                Gassho
                                Last edited by Tai Shi; 07-04-2020, 05:49 AM.
                                Peaceful, Tai Shi. Ubasoku; calm, supportive, for positive poetry 優婆塞 台 婆

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