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Tag Archives: Zen
Bodhidharma’s Legs
stars no stars. moon no moon. over cosmic rivers dragon tails bat comets. ~~~ Idle gazing into star rivers Crossed legs lose feeling Across the black azure Dragon tails bat comets ~~~ Idle gazing into black night azure. Legs arranged … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Blogging, Bodhidharma, Buddhism, Dragon, Meditation, Poem, Poetry, Writing, Zen
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Beetle Tracks
Laughter rolls down mountain trails, so loud the fishermen pause. Anxious cormorants await release. In the forest, sunlight carved in twain, golden shards flung into pregnant emptiness. Unaware, the beetle ambles on. ~~~ Picture found here: http://www.art-virtue.com/painting/history/yuan/yuan.htm
Moment
Things sink into dust. Yet there are no things, and no dust. Candle wick shows the way back. Yet there is no way back, and no way forward. Just sit. Just sit. Wick crackles, seated feet shuffle. Nothing beyond this … Continue reading
Night, Ox, Bramble Gate and a Fox
Self lost in smoke trails from the flickering wick. A clattering ox kindly returns it to me. Still yet to mark that hidden door, I let the light go. The broken plow can wait till morning. ~~~ In the nights … Continue reading
Rice Bowls, Buddha, a Beetle, and Eyelids
In amongst the clatter and shift of rice bowls, the tenzo wanders the kitchen space. A crack in the wall holds a monks gaze, a ripe plum is picked from a cupboard. ~~~ A golden buddha, swathed in jade lights … Continue reading
Plum Blossoms on a Tigers whiskers
The rivers, they all flow to the east. The mountains, they all face to the south. Lotus flowers are oblivious of the mud, a tiger bats a plum blossom tumble of twenty years. ~~~ Lines in the hall, of robes … Continue reading
Four Little Buddha’s
~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ As always, the rest:
Posted in Photography
Tagged Blog, Blogging, Buddhism, Conan O'Brien, Origami, Photos, Pictures, Team Coco, Zen
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All conditioned things are impermanent. Work out your own salvation with diligence.
~~~ And the rest (really like how the pin hole ones turned out!) :
Posted in Photography
Tagged Blog, Blogging, Buddha, Buddhism, Origami, Paper, Photo, Photos, religion, spirituality, Zen
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Dragon Breath River
Left on Thatch Hut, In Departure Those poet recluses in ancient seclusion, it’s a whim beyond human space. Sail up to those immortal headwaters, verse runs free among maiden hair trees. Even leaves of duckweed can drift together again but … Continue reading
Rooms (Set 4) (Mansion)
Zen The room is empty aside from a robed monk sat on a mat. Opening the door you see him and fear you have bothered him. Beginning to leave, the monk raises his hand, stopping you, then presenting a dharma … Continue reading
Golden Giraffes Riding Scarlet Flamingos Through The Desert of Forever 