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Ananda
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 Posted - Aug 05 2013 : 1:44:08 PM
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| Budai is said to travel giving candy to poor children, only asking a penny from Zen monks or lay practitioners he meets. One day a monk walks up to him and asks, "What is the meaning of Zen?" Budai drops his bag. "How does one realize Zen?" he continues. Budai then takes up his bag and continues on his way. |
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maheswari
Lebanon
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Posted - Aug 06 2013 : 02:28:12 AM
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beautiful ...thx for sharing dear Ananda |
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whippoorwill
USA
450 Posts |
Posted - Aug 06 2013 : 4:22:34 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Ananda
Budai is said to travel giving candy to poor children, only asking a penny from Zen monks or lay practitioners he meets. One day a monk walks up to him and asks, "What is the meaning of Zen?" Budai drops his bag. "How does one realize Zen?" he continues. Budai then takes up his bag and continues on his way.
Love it! To be yourSelf, all you have to do is drop everything.
But what about all the stuff you don't even know you're holding onto? I have pennies stuck all over!  |
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whippoorwill
USA
450 Posts |
Posted - Aug 06 2013 : 4:23:35 PM
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Expectations
You should take this class,
Become a yoga teacher.
It will do you good.
Defensiveness
I get the feeling
You think I should try so much
Harder than I am.
Why do I invest
So much mental energy
Defending myself? |
Edited by - whippoorwill on Aug 06 2013 4:54:20 PM |
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SeySorciere
Seychelles
1571 Posts |
Posted - Aug 07 2013 : 06:58:03 AM
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Stray beam of moonlight
silver-winged giant moths dance
to the cricket song
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whippoorwill
USA
450 Posts |
Posted - Aug 07 2013 : 4:05:31 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by SeySorciere
Stray beam of moonlight
silver-winged giant moths dance
to the cricket song
Wow!  |
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SeySorciere
Seychelles
1571 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2013 : 06:37:49 AM
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No particular spiritual meaning whatsoever, except the beauty of the moment, but as long as we were doing Haikus I thought I'd throw it in 
Thank you. Great thread.
Sey |
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whippoorwill
USA
450 Posts |
Posted - Aug 16 2013 : 08:02:24 AM
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I'm ever fearful
Of being hurt by others,
But I hurt myself. |
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whippoorwill
USA
450 Posts |
Posted - Aug 16 2013 : 08:06:55 AM
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It's all on you, Liz
You must hold it together
Or all collapses.
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Bodhi Tree
2972 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2013 : 8:47:52 PM
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To collapse and crumble
In a victorious defeat of paradoxes
Will reveal: what is fragile, and what is strong? |
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whippoorwill
USA
450 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2013 : 10:50:54 PM
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Holding together
Is like restraining the wind.
It blows nonetheless. |
Edited by - whippoorwill on Aug 18 2013 9:44:41 PM |
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Bodhi Tree
2972 Posts |
Posted - Aug 18 2013 : 10:30:12 PM
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To make mistakes is inevitable
To fall into incomprehensible bliss is our destiny
To let the flow of knowingness overcome the intellect is wisdom. |
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apatride
New Caledonia
94 Posts |
Posted - Aug 18 2013 : 11:12:16 PM
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She's not wrong, only reflective.
I'm making it all up.
Bless her! |
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Etherfish
USA
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Posted - Aug 19 2013 : 09:36:20 AM
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I read about haiku, and English haiku relax the rules applied to Japanese, which are quite rigid. In Japanese, it is not just 5,7,5 syllables, as Japanese units are shorter than the syllable, where the word "rain" would count as three.
Then they have to have a reference to the season, and two juxtaposed ideas with a "cutting" word in between, which determines the relationship between the two ideas, which must be every day observable, not just concepts.
How's that for difficult? |
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whippoorwill
USA
450 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2013 : 09:45:07 AM
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| LOL I'm finding 5,7,5 quite challenging! I didn't know about the other structural requirements. I think it's interesting that the two juxtaposed ideas are happening kind of naturally, but the core stories I'm distilling here are all concepts. It might be fun to do a real Haiku. |
Edited by - whippoorwill on Aug 19 2013 09:54:23 AM |
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whippoorwill
USA
450 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2013 : 09:46:50 AM
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I accept myself
Only if they accept me?
Who needs approval? |
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whippoorwill
USA
450 Posts |
Posted - Aug 20 2013 : 10:20:45 AM
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I must get this done
By thus-and-such a date/time.
Who has to? And when? |
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whippoorwill
USA
450 Posts |
Posted - Aug 22 2013 : 8:25:21 PM
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What do I want most?
Viewing my thoughts, I find I
Want to be precious.
Why do I believe
That I'm not already all
I wish to become?
Who wants to be special? |
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whippoorwill
USA
450 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2013 : 1:06:16 PM
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A firefighter
Dreamed of being a hero.
They rescued themselves.
Don't look for my aid.
There's no such thing as rescue.
Extricate yourself.
The paramedic,
The ER doctor, they are
All you. Don't you see? |
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whippoorwill
USA
450 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2013 : 1:07:39 PM
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Cicadas singing
Louder than a jet turbine.
What is listening? |
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whippoorwill
USA
450 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2013 : 2:14:43 PM
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A bird lies dying.
Should I speed it on its way?
Who is suffering? |
Edited by - whippoorwill on Aug 23 2013 2:15:50 PM |
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whippoorwill
USA
450 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2013 : 9:08:20 PM
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Kitty bites my hand
Then cringes from the blow, but
I stroke her soft fur. |
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Bodhi Tree
2972 Posts |
Posted - Aug 26 2013 : 11:11:44 PM
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A stream of sound
Poured out from Infinite Personality
Touches my ears. |
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SeySorciere
Seychelles
1571 Posts |
Posted - Aug 27 2013 : 03:23:10 AM
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He was perfect
The mirror of my Love
Reflecting my Love perfectly
Far from perfect was my Love
I slowly realized
From staring at the perfectly reflected imperfections
And still I screamed
And still I raged
For diamond brilliance
Of a perfect Love.
Sey |
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Bodhi Tree
2972 Posts |
Posted - Aug 27 2013 : 12:16:43 PM
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| Oh wow, that is really awesome, Sey. Thank you. |
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Core Stories Haiku
