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  1. #151
    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

  2. #152

  3. #153
    birds become silent
    through the green forest strikes
    the temple bell


    Gassho

    Bernie

    Sat

  4. #154
    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-

  5. #155
    Quote Originally Posted by Kokuu View Post
    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-
    Deep Bows

    Gassho2, meian st lh

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    My life is my temple and my practice.

  6. #156
    Quote Originally Posted by Kokuu View Post
    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-


    Gassho,
    Koushi
    ST
    理道弘志 | Ridō Koushi

    Please take this novice priest-in-training's words with a grain of salt.

  7. #157
    Quote Originally Posted by Kokuu View Post
    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-
    Congratulations and thank you for what you all do.

    Gassho

    Heiso
    StLah

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  8. #158
    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.

  9. #159
    mind is like weather
    hurricane blowing outside
    must sit

    ~~~

    Gassho
    Jd

    Sat today

  10. #160
    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-

  11. #161
    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

  12. #162
    watering flowers

    with bowl from ceremony

    not a drop to spill



    (Written after ryaku fusatsu)


    Gassho
    Kantai

    SatLah

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  13. #163
    watering flowers

    with bowl from ceremony

    not a drop to spill
    Lovely!

  14. #164
    skeleton leaf

    another medicine

    fails to work


    Gassho
    Kokuu

  15. #165
    Life itself is the only teacher.
    一 Joko Beck


    STLah
    安知 Anchi

  16. #166
    scent of autumn leaves
    the lovely smell of decay
    invigorating

    Skot sathatday
    Last edited by Skot; 10-24-2021 at 12:05 AM.

  17. #167
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    Nothing comes to mind,
    still I thought
    How lovely this is.

    Gassho
    Geoff

    LaH
    SatToday
    Nothing to do? Why not Sit?

  18. #168
    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

  19. #169
    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/

  20. #170
    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

  21. #171
    Impermanence is
    Things always changing - leaving
    Like losing your poem

    Gassho,
    William
    Sat

  22. #172
    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

  23. #173

    Banyon tree

    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
    _/_
    Rich
    MUHYO
    無 (MU, Emptiness) and 氷 (HYO, Ice) ... Emptiness Ice ...

    https://instagram.com/notmovingmind

  24. #174
    Quote Originally Posted by Rich View Post
    How do you post pics here?
    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.

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  26. #176


    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

  27. #177
    Is the poem about the tree?

    Gassho
    Kokuu

  28. #178
    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

  29. #179


    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

  30. #180



    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

  31. #181
    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

  32. #182
    Like the setting sun they have gone
    Their presence marked by scattered toys and treats
    And of course, their fur remains

  33. #183


    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

  34. #184
    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-

  35. #185
    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-

  36. #186
    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'.

  37. #187
    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.

  38. #188
    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

  39. #189
    Очередь в банкомат
    Кинхин
    Раньше срока не умрешь
    Весенний снег
    Translation:

    Kinhin
    You won't die before your time
    spring snow



    feeling of winter
    chill morning air
    sit now, warm yourself
    Lovely!

    a first glimpse
    of spring blossom
    Javelin anti-tank missile


    Gassho
    Kokuu
    Last edited by Kokuu; 03-22-2022 at 11:17 AM.

  40. #190
    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-

  41. #191
    coastal mudflat
    the ebb and flow
    of sandpipers
    Beautiful.

    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'.

  42. #192
    Life itself is the only teacher.
    一 Joko Beck


    STLah
    安知 Anchi

  43. #193
    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

  44. #194
    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

  45. #195
    I really like that one, Mike!

    Gassho
    Kokuu

  46. #196
    rushing rivers and
    tranquil streams,
    all waters meet
    in the same ocean

    Gassho

    Zenkon
    sat/lah

  47. #197
    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

  48. #198
    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!

  49. #199
    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

  50. #200
    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

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