April 2010
1 post
December 2009
2 posts
Man aspires to be Buddha, poor old Buddha. Zen Graffiti (via @Buddhism_Now)
“December Named National Awareness Month” - You can mindfully read the full story on www.desmoinesmeditation.org (via @Peace_Charlie)
RT @carltonhalpert When the gods return // let’s pretend the planet was // already like this. #haiku #senryu (via @forgottenworks)
November 2009
10 posts
Bad day: like some pre-xmas sale items i’m 50% off
—iowaart
live for all you’re worth ~ slumber with eternity ~ rise like you’re the sun
—Lawrence Jiko
The surface / of the water mirrors / many things.
Death poem by haiku poet Masumi Kato:
The most urgent deadlines are easier to ignore than the persistent critical yowl of a hungry cat.
—WabiSabiWhisper
words to go by drowned out by ads for things to go buy
—iowaart
“Once we recognize that thoughts are empty, the mind will no longer have the power to deceive us.”
—ZenCharm
October 2009
13 posts
On Mindfulness of Feelings: Glob of Tar. Excellent article posted on www.desmoinesmeditation.org (via @Peace_Charlie)
A northerly breeze—
waves flow and eddies swirl through
grass that’s gone to seed. (via @jdbrush)
impermanence is here to stay
—iowaart
|| Zealous flea, | you’re about to be a Buddha | by my hand. || [Issa] (via @Haiku_Daily) || Seems Issa and I have something in common.
The Path of Mindfulness is the Path of No Preferences. New post on www.desmoinesmeditation.org. (via @Peace_Charlie)
No one to worry. No one to worry about. Compassion arises from lovingkindness, not worry. (via @Peace_Charlie)
forty years out of school/can’t shake that/test pending feeling (via @iowaart)
Gray, misty morning, / my mood matches the weather. / At the office door / I flip on every light switch— / Comfort in incandescence.
Raise the blinds / morning light refuses to enter / must remember to shower. —w/apologies to @haiQ
RT @iamwun: RT @ayenzo: @FredericBrussat: “Every human being is divinity in disguise.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson (via @Lawrencejiko)
RT @KrisLindbeck A dragonfly / sails between spiderwebs / still free | #haiku
September 2009
4 posts
history reeks with death.
history teems with folly.
don’t try it at home.
—@iowaart
I understand that the finger pointing at the moon is not the moon, but when I apply this teaching in my life, all I get is the finger…
Find enlightenment
by ending conceptual thought—
All is just One Mind —
haiku from teachings of Zen Master Huang Po
what happens in past stays in present
—@iowaart from Twitter
August 2009
6 posts
“That which in the lightning flashes forth, makes one blink and say, ‘Ah!’—that ‘Ah’ refers to divinity.” —from the Indian Kena Upanishad
half moon
its curve sails
in the bay
—from @forgottenworks on Twitter
Many paths lead from
The foot of the mountain
But at the peak
We all gaze at the
Single bright moon.
—Ikkyu (1394-1481)
On a branch
floating downriver
a cricket, singing.
—Issa (Japan, 1763-1827) [translated by Jane Hirshfield]
Peepers and crickets
sing the song of summer nights—
Open window
—Gaippe
Ripples on the surface of a pond
shimmering leaves in a tall cottonwood—
Summer breeze
—Gaippe
July 2009
13 posts
One Thing at a Time
It is wonderful to learn to do one thing at a time. When we do formal zazen, we just sit; this means we do not add to the sitting any judgments such as how wonderful it is to do zazen, or how badly we are doing at it. We just sit.
When we wash the dishes, we just wash dishes; when we drive on the highway, we just drive. When pain comes, there is just pain, and when pleasure comes, there is just...
Kneeling
To gather raspberries
I find a sudden jungle
—Paiku [via Twitter]
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
~American Quaker Saying (via @alexvonvaupel)
ceiling fan ripples
the humid summer air—
quiet night
—Gaippe
Beneath a half-moon
in a blue-black sky,
fireflies dance
—Gaippe
Jack Learns of the Widow Hardesty or...
A Victorian Moment
Jack gazed around the drawing room and sighed, “perhaps I’m just not in the mood for a party.” “So, Jack,” said Robert enthusiastically, “tell me, who would you like to meet?” Jack cast another glance sad around the room. “Well, I suppose that woman by the window.” “Oh, the widow Hardesty?” “The widow...
lazy day a koi comes up just to look
— w. f. owen
In its plastic cage,
the urinal cookie waits
upside down
—Gaippe
Backyard fireworks—
Patriotism manifested
or idiots in action?
—Gaippe
On the horizon
fireworks
in the next town
—Gaippe
Fireflies dance beneath
half moon in a blue-black sky—
Warm summer evening.
—Gaippe
June 2009
14 posts
Iowa clouds
following each other
Into Eternity
—Jack Kerouac