Apr
1
2010
A haiku is not a poem, it is not literature; it is a hand becoming, a door half-opened, a mirror wiped clean.
It is a way of returning to nature, to our moon nature, our cherry blossom nature, our falling leaf nature, in short, to our Buddha nature.
It is a way [...]
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Mar
25
2010
But the truth, the first truth,
probably,
is that we are all connected,
watching one another.
Even the trees.
Arthur Miller, Timebends
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Mar
23
2010
Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.
Lin Yutang
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Feb
9
2010
The temple bell stops.
But the sound keeps coming
out of the flowers.
Matsuo Basho
Its house abandoned,
the garden has become home
to butterflies.
Iio Sogi (1421-1502)
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Dec
27
2009
And a man said, Speak to us of Self-Knowledge.
And he answered saying:
Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.
But your ears thirst for the sound of your heart’s knowledge.
You would know in words that which you have always known in thought.
You would touch with your [...]
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Nov
23
2009
Love.
So many different ways
to have been in love.
Boncho
thinking…
must get back to blogging more often
with thanks to Bel-Vedere for the pics
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Aug
5
2009
Drink Your Tea
Drink your tea slowly and reverently,
as if it is the axis
on which the world earth revolves
– slowly, evenly, without
rushing toward the future;
Live the actual moment.
Only this moment is life.
Being Peace
If we are peaceful.
If we are happy.
We can smile and blossom
Like [...]
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Jul
10
2009
I love this poem, thanks to the gorgeous and thoughtful Ya
Continue reading
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