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5-7-5 Haiku Poems On The Dharma
Shoshin
No one in particularNowhere Special Veteran
Kia Ora,
Time for a bit of Dharma fun and perhaps firing up the ol' gray matter...
Haikus are poems that express so much through so few words....
So 5-7-5 syllables... Examples ( hopefully the point is taken )...
2 2 1
Lotus flower blooms
1 1 5
Change is inevitable
2 1 2
Lotus is dying
Form is emptiness
The gateless gate opens wide
Emptiness is form
If you understand
Then the world is your oyster
Have some Dharma fun
Metta Shoshin 
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Comments
OM OM OM OM OM
OM OM OM OM OM OM OM
OM OM OM SVAHA
do you really think
This has not been done before?
you need to check threads....
what is coming next?
when will my practice bare fruit?
waiting till paint dries.
it is 'bear' not 'bare'
Damn! I'm doing it again!
Grammar nerd is back!!
The bare bear beared its beard
I think it should be 'bore' @Jeffrey but @federica will correct me if I'm wrong.
I miss windbell
she is eveything
etc...
No @anataman I think it is 'boar'.
In my beginning
Is my end, the poet said.
(T. S. Eliot)
Karma is not All,
Therefore, All is forgiven
If you find the Truth.
The sun shines brightly
Therefore, go ye spritely forth
To be a Pilgrim.
Mid all disarray
Care not what any should say
Go ye to the fray.
For you'll see aright
The Truth in beauty so bright
And you'll find the Way...
At home anyplace
You will surely win the race
Fare forward, Pilgrim!
Trying to be kind
Is a good way to unwind
And find Buddha mind.
Just to let you know
You need not bow down so low
To yonder image.
But if it helps you
Then that's the right thing to do
Just avoid voodoo.
Kia Ora,
Practicing Dharma
..
One flows with the drama
Life becomes Karma (or one could say "calmer") .
Metta Shoshin
Kia Ora
I am neither here
Nor am I to be found there
Am I just a thought ?
Metta Shoshin
Correct
Right
Got It
Perfect
Kia Ora,
Who are we really ?
Are we just our past actions ?
Karmic conductors ?
Metta Shoshin .
..
Hate doing samu!
Yet somewhere in these lame chores
Lurks enlightenment
Yes, but Samu is
basic living day to day
breathing in and out...
Kia Ora @zenguitar,
Hate doing Samu !
Who is doing the doing?
Is self or no self ?
Metta Shoshin
Soon we will be dead
Enlightened or otherwise
Now is what matters;
Now is elusive
Leaves on the river flow past
That one is Eddy;
Matter is formless
There are no roots in the void
Be here regardless.
@Citta I'm sorry
My nerve was oddly stricken
In your veggie thread.
full of symbols traits
a sea of limitations
forgot love is here
longing for simple.
too many recitations
neurotic pathways
neurons fire in brain
whence does language come from
Broca lost humor
naked mind for you
useless tools sample water
how goes the meeting?
lyrics I see you
everyone's judgement is so
layers of mundane
Kia Ora,
Enlightenment bliss !
Who experiences it?
Where can "I" be found ?
Metta Shoshin .
..
Expressing our thoughts
Logic makes good its escape
Cloudy emotions!
Dhamma oh Dhamma
Who will act rather than speak?
Buddha, oh Buddha....