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5-7-5 Haiku Poems On The Dharma

ShoshinShoshin No one in particularNowhere Special Veteran
edited July 2014 in Arts & Writings

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 :)

David

Comments

  • ChazChaz The Remarkable Chaz Anywhere, Everywhere & Nowhere Veteran

    OM OM OM OM OM
    OM OM OM OM OM OM OM
    OM OM OM SVAHA

    JeffreyShoshinDavid
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    do you really think
    This has not been done before?
    you need to check threads....

    Shoshin
  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran

    what is coming next?
    when will my practice bare fruit?
    waiting till paint dries.

    ShoshinDavidDairyLama
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    it is 'bear' not 'bare'
    Damn! I'm doing it again!
    Grammar nerd is back!!

    anatamanJeffrey
  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran

    The bare bear beared its beard

    anataman
  • anatamananataman Who needs a title? Where am I? Veteran

    I think it should be 'bore' @Jeffrey but @federica will correct me if I'm wrong.

  • I miss windbell
    she is eveything
    etc...

    Jeffrey
  • HamsakaHamsaka goosewhisperer Polishing the 'just so' Veteran

    No @anataman I think it is 'boar'.

  • NirvanaNirvana aka BUBBA   `     `   South Carolina, USA Veteran

    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.

    Jeffrey
  • NirvanaNirvana aka BUBBA   `     `   South Carolina, USA Veteran

    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!

    Jeffreyownerof1000oddsocksShoshinDavid
  • NirvanaNirvana aka BUBBA   `     `   South Carolina, USA Veteran

    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.

    JeffreyShoshinDavid
  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran

    Kia Ora,

    Practicing Dharma
    One flows with the drama
    Life becomes Karma (or one could say "calmer") . :D ..

    Metta Shoshin :)

    David
  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran

    Kia Ora

    I am neither here
    Nor am I to be found there
    Am I just a thought ?

    Metta Shoshin :)

    NirvanaJeffreyDavid
  • upekkaupekka Veteran
    edited July 2014

    @Shoshin said:
    Kia Ora

    just a thought ?

    Correct
    Right
    Got It
    Perfect

  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran

    Kia Ora,

    Who are we really ?
    Are we just our past actions ?
    Karmic conductors ?

    Metta Shoshin . :) ..

    David
  • zenguitarzenguitar Bad Buddhist New England Veteran

    Hate doing samu!
    Yet somewhere in these lame chores
    Lurks enlightenment

    DavidDairyLamaHamsaka
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    Yes, but Samu is
    basic living day to day
    breathing in and out...

    zenguitarDavidNirvanaHamsaka
  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran

    @zenguitar said:
    Hate doing samu!
    Yet somewhere in these lame chores
    Lurks enlightenment

    Kia Ora @zenguitar,

    Hate doing Samu !
    Who is doing the doing?
    Is self or no self ?

    Metta Shoshin :)

    zenguitarDavid
  • DavidDavid A human residing in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Ancestral territory of the Erie, Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat, Mississauga and Neutral First Nations Veteran

    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.

    zenguitarShoshinJeffrey
  • DavidDavid A human residing in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Ancestral territory of the Erie, Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat, Mississauga and Neutral First Nations Veteran

    @Citta I'm sorry
    My nerve was oddly stricken
    In your veggie thread.

  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran

    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

    ShoshinDavid
  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran
    edited July 2014

    Kia Ora,

    Enlightenment bliss !
    Who experiences it?
    Where can "I" be found ?

    Metta Shoshin . :) ..

  • DavidDavid A human residing in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Ancestral territory of the Erie, Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat, Mississauga and Neutral First Nations Veteran
    edited July 2014

    Expressing our thoughts
    Logic makes good its escape
    Cloudy emotions!

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    Dhamma oh Dhamma
    Who will act rather than speak?
    Buddha, oh Buddha....

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