spry child hops
from rock to rock-
summer afternoon
Jul17
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Jul16
Dharma talk
Excellent dharma talk. I highly recommend it.
Shaolin Monastery in China is generally regarded to be the home of Ch’an [Zen] Buddhism. As a monk there, I heard some time ago that there was a great interest in Ch’an now in the West. For this reason I have come here, hoping to make contact with those interested in the teaching.
I would like to predominantly talk about Bodhidharma and his instructions with regard to Ch’an meditation. Bodhidharma was the twenty-eighth successor to Shakyamuni Buddha. He came to China from India in approximately AD 520. Shortly after his arrival, he discovered that the Chinese had no understanding of Buddhism and could not absorb its principles. He then began to meditate in a cave at the back of the Shaolin Monastery. He was there for nine years.
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Jul16
Dozing frogs
frog dozing
on lilly pads-
cloudless sky
Jul14
Lovers kiss
rose glistens
with raindrops-
lovers kiss
Jul10
Rebuilding
couple rebuilds
after the disaster-
empty cocoons
Jul9
Forces of sanity
called to a halt
by the forces of sanity
derecho wind
Jul6
A leaf falls
A leaf falls
bringing a smile
summer heat
Jul5
Construction zone
children’s toy
left out in the rain-
construction zone
Jul2
Shatter
in the garden
dawn is born
the tulip shatters
Jun30
Tulip
the stamen
glistens with moisture-
RSVP
The above haiku was inspired by the line “suggestion of receptiveness” in the book “Botany of Desire” by Michael Pollan. The book is a good treatise on natural and artificial selection with the use of folklore, legends and poetic prose.
The underlying question Mr. Pollan is posing asking is who is influencing who, us or the plants. I highly recommend this book to those who want to further understand the Buddhist concepts of interdependence and interconnectedness.
