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Tag Archives: Zen
Stream of Consciousness
Well, it’s been a while since I posted anything – more like a few haiku a year now, rather than a haiku a day. Anyway, here is my first spring haiku for this year. Returning warblers, Sing like there’s no … Continue reading
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Tagged haiku, here and now, impermanence, meditation, mind, mind stream, no tomorrow, poetry, Spring, stream of consciousness, Zen
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Resurrection:
A broom gently sweeps, Sunlight falls on tiny buds – Heat haze on tarmac
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Tagged cleansing, Easter, energy, light, receiving, resurrection, rising, Zen
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08.02.15 Sesshin
Breathing together, Waves lapping at the shore – Seep into the sand.
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Tagged breathing, meditation, merging, reality, retreat, returning, sesshin, thoughts, waves in the ocean, Zen
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Objective/subjective.
Another interesting quote from the haiku master Matsuo Basho is, ‘the problem with most poetry is that it is either subjective or objective’. At first this seems crazy. Surely it has to be one or the other? But, what he … Continue reading
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Tagged basho, Bashou, concealment, connection, direct experience, Dogen, Dougen, haiku, interbeing, invisibility, mist, moon in water, objectivity, old pond, oneness, poetry, reality, subjectivity, true nature, unnoticed, Zen
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Inter-being:
A zafu is a Zen meditation cushion used for zazen (sitting meditation). This haiku is quite esoteric, illustrating the Zen understanding of emptiness and reality…….if it makes you curious, try reading some Shunryu Suzuki or maybe Brad Warner. Zafu … Continue reading
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Tagged absence, annaca, Brad Warner, Buddhism, Dogen, emptiness, enlightenment, esoteric, family, haiku, impermanence, inter-being, interconnectedness, meditation, poetry, presence, satori, separation, Shunryu Suzuki, sunyata, wabi sabi, zafu, Zen
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Stillness and fruition:
Fluffy willow seeds, Floating in all directions – Strawberries ripen.
Discovery:
Ox-eye daisies dance, On the verge of something great – They answer the wind.
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Tagged being, dance, discovering true nature, flowers in the wind, fulfillment, haiku, harmony, living, Ox-eye daisies, poetry, responding, Tao, Zen
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Drama:
Crashing into a wall, The car interrupts breakfast – Ripples in the tea.
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Tagged anger, calm in the face of anger, car crashing into a house, disturbanc, drama, haiku, interruption, mindfulness, poetry, reality, shock, Zen
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Zen:
Through a round window, Beside a comforting fire – A man drinking tea.
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Tagged cha do, comfort, enlightenment, fire, haiku, poetry, round window, tea, tea house, Zen
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