A haiku I thought of after a session of zazen:
Sitting here, serene
On a warm spring afternoon
Crickets chirp outside
Gassho, John
ST/LAH
A haiku I thought of after a session of zazen:
Sitting here, serene
On a warm spring afternoon
Crickets chirp outside
Gassho, John
ST/LAH
her way
of praying...
wild violets
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fe/66...cece132161.jpg
birds become silent
through the green forest strikes
the temple bell
Gassho
Bernie
Sat
four years
since I shaved my head
a clean stick of incense
Byōkan, Jakuden, Shoka and I ordained on this day four years ago.
Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday/lah-
That was a good day! I couldn't ask for better Dharma siblings.
Gassho
Sat, lah
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求道芸化 Kyūdō Geika
I am just a priest-in-training, please do not take anything I say as a teaching.
mind is like weather
hurricane blowing outside
must sit
~~~
Gassho
Jd
Sat today
I recently had an older haiku translated into Chinese, which was nice!
night rain
in every puddle
a different moon
(Third Place, 2018 International Kusamakura Haiku Competition)
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
夜雨
在每個水坑里
不同的月亮
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
夜雨
在每个水坑里
不同的月亮
http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/
Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday/lah-
Cherry blossom falls
Not rushing nor abating;
Just petal to ground
The beginning of my practice was characterized by a lot of introspection about how short life is and how people try to cling to it. I remembered a time at my first job where I mentioned I couldn't wait to get off work and enjoy my weekend, and one of the older employees told me, "Don't wish your life away."
I watched as the cherry blossoms at my work place drifted to the ground and was reminded of this moment, and how the blossom neither clings to the moment of falling or hurries to the ground, and how I should be like that.
Just being.
Gassho,
William
SatToday
watering flowers
with bowl from ceremony
not a drop to spill
(Written after ryaku fusatsu)
Gassho
Kantai
SatLah
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Lovely!watering flowers
with bowl from ceremony
not a drop to spill
skeleton leaf
another medicine
fails to work
Gassho
Kokuu
Life itself is the only teacher.
一 Joko Beck
STLah
安知 Anchi
scent of autumn leaves
the lovely smell of decay
invigorating
Skot sathatday
Last edited by Skot; 10-24-2021 at 12:05 AM.
Nothing comes to mind,
still I thought
How lovely this is.
Gassho
Geoff
LaH
SatToday
Nothing to do? Why not Sit?
can't put the smile
can not erase sadness
still breathing am
Gassho
Life itself is the only teacher.
一 Joko Beck
STLah
安知 Anchi
A smile on your face
Can trick your brain into
Thinking You are happy
gassho, shokai
stlah
合掌,生開
gassho, Shokai
仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai
"Open to life in a benevolent way"
https://sarushinzendo.wordpress.com/
no wind in the net
nor hope in heaven
just black sea on
no wind in the net
idea of mind dukkha
true mind suffer
not afraid of
i roll the wheels on and
current carry me on
nor shadow frighten
with memories like
the shallow deep
still fight still hope
bit wind in the net for me
hands full emptiness
her arms reaches
through an awakening
true dharma eye
Gassho
Life itself is the only teacher.
一 Joko Beck
STLah
安知 Anchi
Impermanence is
Things always changing - leaving
Like losing your poem
Gassho,
William
Sat
Rain during Zazen
Now rain drops remind me of
Sekishi sharing
What is my story?
Just memories from my life
But memories change
With dharma friends we
Create memories so our
Story is dharma
Gassho,
William
Sat
She doesn’t compare
Doesn’t need approval yet
All love her
Most of my haiku are 5-7-5 but this just flowed out. Have published over 300 on instagram and approaching 500 followers at #notmovingmind many have pics. How do you post pics here?
Sat/lah
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Rich
MUHYO
無 (MU, Emptiness) and 氷 (HYO, Ice) ... Emptiness Ice ...
https://instagram.com/notmovingmind
Here is a Howto from Sekishi: https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...s-on-the-Forum
Gassho,
Kotei sat/lah today.
義道 冴庭 / Gidō Kotei.
Being a novice priest doesn't mean my writing about the Dharma is more substantial than yours. Actually, it might well be the other way round.
She doesn’t compare
Doesn’t need approval yet
All love her
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Rich
MUHYO
無 (MU, Emptiness) and 氷 (HYO, Ice) ... Emptiness Ice ...
https://instagram.com/notmovingmind
Yes but you may know someone like her
Sat/lah
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Rich
MUHYO
無 (MU, Emptiness) and 氷 (HYO, Ice) ... Emptiness Ice ...
https://instagram.com/notmovingmind
Caring for all things
Her grandmotherly wisdom
Loves the world as self
Sat/lah
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Rich
MUHYO
無 (MU, Emptiness) and 氷 (HYO, Ice) ... Emptiness Ice ...
https://instagram.com/notmovingmind
Sitting with nature
The state of doing nothing
Hawks circle, clouds drift
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Rich
MUHYO
無 (MU, Emptiness) and 氷 (HYO, Ice) ... Emptiness Ice ...
https://instagram.com/notmovingmind
She’s never lonely
She embraces solitude
Merging in oneness
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Rich
MUHYO
無 (MU, Emptiness) and 氷 (HYO, Ice) ... Emptiness Ice ...
https://instagram.com/notmovingmind
Like the setting sun they have gone
Their presence marked by scattered toys and treats
And of course, their fur remains
She knows about death
With nothing to hold onto
She holds nothing back
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Rich
MUHYO
無 (MU, Emptiness) and 氷 (HYO, Ice) ... Emptiness Ice ...
https://instagram.com/notmovingmind
Some crows...
village bench
three jackdaws argue
over a beer can
so sudden
this autumn twilight
roosting rooks
burial mound
the wind summons
another crow
Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday/lah-
A fellow haiku poet is running a course called Haiku of the Senses, which focusses on each of the human senses in writing poetry.
He asked if he could use this one of mine as an example for taste which was nice...
Earl Grey tea
my mouth
becomes a meadow
Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-
A beautiful piece by a Zen fellow from Kharkiv...
Очередь в банкомат
Кинхин
Раньше срока не умрешь
Весенний снег
By Sergey Petrov
It looks like the standard Google translation isn't bad.
Gassho
Washin
stlah
Kaidō (皆道) Every Way
Washin (和信) Harmony Trust
----
I am a novice priest-in-training. Anything that I say must not be considered as teaching
and should be taken with a 'grain of salt'.
Lovely
Gassho
Sat, lah
求道芸化 Kyūdō Geika
I am just a priest-in-training, please do not take anything I say as a teaching.
feeling of winter
chill morning air
sit now, warm yourself
Gassho
Let everything happen to you: Beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final. - Rainer Maria Rilke
Translation:Очередь в банкомат
Кинхин
Раньше срока не умрешь
Весенний снег
Kinhin
You won't die before your time
spring snow
Lovely!feeling of winter
chill morning air
sit now, warm yourself
a first glimpse
of spring blossom
Javelin anti-tank missile
Gassho
Kokuu
Last edited by Kokuu; 03-22-2022 at 11:17 AM.
This week a Chinese haiku poet, Chen-ou Liu, translated one of my poems from 2018 into Chinese and posted it on her blog:
coastal mudflat
the ebb and flow
of sandpipers
沿海泥灘
伴隨潮起潮落飛翔
的一群鷸
(http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.bl...udflat-by.html)
Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-
Beautiful.coastal mudflat
the ebb and flow
of sandpipers
morning zazen
air raid alert on
first crocus' elusive scent
Gassho
Washin
stlah
Kaidō (皆道) Every Way
Washin (和信) Harmony Trust
----
I am a novice priest-in-training. Anything that I say must not be considered as teaching
and should be taken with a 'grain of salt'.
Life itself is the only teacher.
一 Joko Beck
STLah
安知 Anchi
As I lit a candle and took refuge this morning my cat was very busy scratching away and this came to mind, made me chuckle...
I bow, fill my heart
The cat fills the litter tray
What difference here?
Gassho
Mike
Let everything happen to you: Beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final. - Rainer Maria Rilke
By light of morning
Birds proclaim their simple truth
Now now now now now
Gassho
Mike
Sat today
Last edited by Meiun; 04-25-2022 at 06:17 AM.
Let everything happen to you: Beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final. - Rainer Maria Rilke
I really like that one, Mike!
Gassho
Kokuu
rushing rivers and
tranquil streams,
all waters meet
in the same ocean
Gassho
Zenkon
sat/lah
Endless stories flow
Claiming authenticity
Truth smiles knowingly
Gassho
Mike
Sat just now.
Let everything happen to you: Beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final. - Rainer Maria Rilke
Before sitting the Weekly Zazenkai (last part) early this morning, I looked at the sky and it was a beautiful purple color with only the Morning Star in it. This verses just came to my mind:
Morning Star
Abiding in the purple sky.
Buddha's zazen.
Gassho,
Mateus
Sat/LAH
怠努 (Tai Do) - Lazy Effort
(also known as Mateus )
禅戒一如 (Zen Kai Ichi Nyo) - Zazen and the Precepts are One!
Green grass growing through black ash
Snake sheds its skin.
The dance of transformation
Gassho, Shinshi
SaT-LaH
空道 心志 Kudo Shinshi
I am just a priest-in-training, any resemblance between what I post and actual teachings is purely coincidental.
E84I - JAJ
A haiku for my loved ones that passed away:
波の上に
梅の花弁
我が浮世
———
Above the wave
A plum blossom petal
Our floating world
Gassho,
Mateus
Satlah