I'm not a poet or anything, but sometimes I like to dabble.Thus come, thus gone, he,
who has neither came nor went,
enthroned in man’s breath,
he, like the turtle,
withdraws six appendages
and is clothed in light
illuminating
the unilluminated
with three shining cures.
-Caoimhghín 2019
Three Haikus
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Caoimhghín
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Three Haikus
Something came to me today and I figured I might share it:
Then, the monks uttered this gāthā:
These bodies are like foam.
Them being frail, who can rejoice in them?
The Buddha attained the vajra-body.
Still, it becomes inconstant and ruined.
The many Buddhas are vajra-entities.
All are also subject to inconstancy.
Quickly ended, like melting snow --
how could things be different?
The Buddha passed into parinirvāṇa afterward.
(T1.27b10 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra DĀ 2)
These bodies are like foam.
Them being frail, who can rejoice in them?
The Buddha attained the vajra-body.
Still, it becomes inconstant and ruined.
The many Buddhas are vajra-entities.
All are also subject to inconstancy.
Quickly ended, like melting snow --
how could things be different?
The Buddha passed into parinirvāṇa afterward.
(T1.27b10 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra DĀ 2)
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Könchok Thrinley
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Re: Three Haikus
Quite good, man. 
“Observing samaya involves to remain inseparable from the union of wisdom and compassion at all times, to sustain mindfulness, and to put into practice the guru’s instructions”. Garchen Rinpoche
For those who do virtuous actions,
goodness is what comes to pass.
For those who do non-virtuous actions,
that becomes suffering indeed.
- Arya Sanghata Sutra
For those who do virtuous actions,
goodness is what comes to pass.
For those who do non-virtuous actions,
that becomes suffering indeed.
- Arya Sanghata Sutra
Re: Three Haikus
Love the first stanza.Caoimhghín wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2019 8:08 pm Something came to me today and I figured I might share it:
I'm not a poet or anything, but sometimes I like to dabble.Thus come, thus gone, he,
who has neither came nor went,
enthroned in man’s breath,
he, like the turtle,
withdraws six appendages
and is clothed in light
illuminating
the unilluminated
with three shining cures.
-Caoimhghín 2019
When walking, standing, sitting, lying down, speaking,
being silent, moving, being still.
At all times, in all places, without interruption - what is this?
One mind is infinite kalpas.
New Haven Zen Center
being silent, moving, being still.
At all times, in all places, without interruption - what is this?
One mind is infinite kalpas.
New Haven Zen Center