ARTS: Your Haiku!

[Kokuu]

android dreams
my phone recognises
a blackbird call


Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday/lah-

[Kaitan]

Climbing a flat wall
With bare hands
Adding weight

Gasshō

stlah, Kaitan

[Houzan]

How old is buddha?

buddha, mind, me
timelessly beyond three times
yet 38

Gassho, Hōzan
Satlah

[Antonio]

Moon shines,
Over the water,
Zazen.

Gassho!
SatLah

[Tom A.]

A fire burns our hearts
Kannon embraces us all
Kindness without end

Gassho
Tom

SatLah

[Kaitan]

Evening long breaths
Cicadas cheering up
Departure expected

Gasshō

stlah, Kaitan

[ZenJay]

Neither good nor bad
Some days the clouds will drift in
… and sun shines always

Gassho,
Jay

Sat/Lah

[Jundo]

Neither good nor bad
Some days the clouds will drift in
… yet the sun will come

Gassho,
Jay

Sat/Lah

I would rather say "the sun is always, seen or unseen, even in shadows and storm"

Sorry to mess with our poem.

[ZenJay]

I would rather say "the sun is always, seen or unseen, even in shadows and storm"

Sorry to mess with our poem.

No problem Jundo! All too true! I made a small edit for you keeping with the haiku form, and I hope it says this too. As you teach, I know the sun is always shining behind the clouds, and that even the clouds are a part of the Buddha sky.


Gassho,
Jay

[Kaitan]

Evening long breaths
Cicadas cheering up
Departure expected

Gasshō

stlah, Kaitan

I just heard that the word chan (zen) 禅 is the same to talk about cicadas in China in a formal way. That explains why cicadas apear often in Zen poetry. Is this true????

Gasshō

stlah, Kaitan

[Jundo]

No problem Jundo! All too true! I made a small edit for you keeping with the haiku form, and I hope it says this too. As you teach, I know the sun is always shining behind the clouds, and that even the clouds are a part of the Buddha sky.


Gassho,
Jay

Ah, nice to know somebody is paying attention!

Gassho, J

stlah

[Jundo]

I just heard that the word chan (zen) 禅 is the same to talk about cicadas in China in a formal way. That explains why cicadas apear often in Zen poetry. Is this true????

Gasshō

stlah, Kaitan

Hmmm. Well, the kanji for Cicada literally means "Bug" (element on the left) and the same character as in Zen on the right: 蟬 (the older character for Zen is 禪), both pronounced Chán. So, you can see that there is something there.

Beyond that ... I think that the short life, following years of waiting in the ground ... and the hypnotic sound they omit ... all lend themselves to Zen lessons.

Here is someone who looked at the question:

https://themiddleland.com/cicada-and-zen/

Gassho, J

stlah

[Kaitan]

Hmmm. Well, the kanji for Cicada literally means "Bug" (element on the left) and the same character as in Zen on the right: 蟬 (the older character for Zen is 禪), both pronounced Chán. So, you can see that there is something there.

Beyond that ... I think that the short life, following years of waiting in the ground ... and the hypnotic sound they omit ... all lend themselves to Zen lessons.

Here is someone who looked at the question:

https://themiddleland.com/cicada-and-zen/

Gassho, J

stlah

Interesting, that is a wonderful story and great insight!
‘Zhi Liao’ 知了, also reminds me of 'Zhi Dao' 知道, which commonly translates to 'being aware' or literally 'knowing the path'




stlah, Kaitan

[Onsho]

We are, all of us

Stardust, held together by

Love for an instant

Gassho
Onsho

[Antonio]

Going somewhere,
Moving but still,
Child smiling .

Gassho,
SatLah,