Haiku today.

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:alien:

test:

on the edge
of a mountain
does it stop when say stop?
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Watching the front door,
Amida scroll on the wall --
Outside, the Three Realms
Namu Amida Butsu
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Now!
Rise up from vajra hell
On phurbas impaled
The thunder of the buddhas wisdom
Servants of light -
Virtue prevail
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another day ends
this Namu-Amida-Bu
new among the old

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waiting for something --
it will happen, but when, when?
Buddha on his way
Namu Amida Butsu
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The bottle cracks
awakened at night
by the ice

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where have
gone
the dreams?
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the old leaking roof
and the rain, the rain, the rain
vows keeping me dry
Namu Amida Butsu
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suddenly, an ant
rushes across the thangka --
headlong towards freedom
Namu Amida Butsu
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sick, painful body --
with you, turning to the West
without you, Namu
Namu Amida Butsu
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who will get tired first:
me, or this run-down old house?
I won't stay to know.

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with the spring flowers,
nembutsu, too, is blooming:
blue, yellow, red, white.
Namu Amida Butsu
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as I read his words,
my teacher there, beside me,
full of sympathy

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it would have been nice
not to get caught in the rain
wet juzu still works

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i don't mind the loss,
spring dream, summer dream, fall dream,
winter nembutsu
Namu Amida Butsu
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Wind blows
dog barks
lorry comes

😀
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the bright moon in raindrops

from the eaves…

the geese depart

— Haiku by Kobayashi Issa,
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Bright leaf
reflects: no more rain;
no more Pain.
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At evening
I rescue fallen blossoms
Orange and purple.
So soon!
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A little boy
Picks up stones
An old train
Rumbles by
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Pain
and Heaven;
both woven from
One Smooth
Silk!
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"The first snow,
Just enough to bend
The leaves of the daffodils."
― Basho Matsuo (tr. Eri Takase)
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Last nights Chinese Takeaway
Stale cup of coffee
Not been the same
Since she left me
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this net of desires
detains me from the Pure Land --
but one day, one day

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I walk soaked with mud,
yet the pine trees smell so fresh --
incense for Buddha
Namu Amida Butsu
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