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@moonbus said
I squat over the latrine,
pressing with practised patience;
it will come, not when I am ready,
but when it is ready.
A streetlamp is reflected
in an oily puddle on the tarmac;
the smell of wet dog permeates the night.


-- moonbus, 2025

@rookie54 said
Death and life are looked on
As but transformations;
The myriad creation is all of a kind,
There is a kinship through all.

~ Huai Nan Tzu (2nd c B.C.)

One must first create peace in himself if he desires to see peace in the world; for lacking peace within, no effort of his can bring any result.

Bowl of Saki, July 2, by Hazrat Inayat Khan



https://wahiduddin.net/saki/saki_date.php

Cold night, no wind, bamboo making noises,
Noises far apart, now bunched together,
Filtering the pine-flanked lattice.
Listening with ears is less fine than
Listening with the mind.
Beside the lamp I lay
Aside the half scroll of sutras

~ Hsu-t’ang Chih-yu


my eyes dim
still i read
soon i'll rejoice
mind freed

In this small hut
Are worlds beyond number
Living here alone
I have endless company
Already I have
Attained the essence
How could I dare
To want something higher?

~ Muso Soseki (1275-1351)



my tin shack is a temple
a sanctum, an abbey, and a refuge
all day long i talk with but one dog
she names me scoundrel and rogue

rejoicing is for losers

it's

chopsticks up the nose
not what I expected
thunderstorms subdued
fireworks of the yahoos

Among rocks and valleys
Deep in the fields of this mountain
The Dharma does not go
Up or down,
Having seen through
Old Huang-lung's mind
I plant vegetables
Around my meditation seat.

~ Muso Soseki (1275-1351)


less vegetables
more trees
om mani padme hum
mind's free

oranges in the hut
of some sagacious hermit
might grow a little fuzz
if one forgets about them

going off to think
outside the clutter of humanity
is understandable; however,

@rookie54 said
Listening with the mind.

~ Hsu-t’ang Chih-yu


my eyes dim
still i read
soon i'll rejoice
mind freed

Buddhas don’t save buddhas.
If you use your mind to look for a buddha, you won’t see the buddha.
As long as you look for a buddha somewhere else, you’ll never see that your own mind is the buddha.
And don’t use a buddha to worship a buddha.
And don’t use the mind to invoke a buddha.
Buddhas don’t recite sutras.
Buddhas don’t keep precepts.
And buddhas don’t break precepts.
Buddhas don’t keep or break anything.
Buddhas don’t do good or evil.

~ Bodhidharma (d. 533)

@rookie54 said
Buddhas don’t save buddhas.
If you use your mind to look for a buddha, you won’t see the buddha.
As long as you look for a buddha somewhere else, you’ll never see that your own mind is the buddha.
And don’t use a buddha to worship a buddha.
And don’t use the mind to invoke a buddha.
Buddhas don’t recite sutras.
Buddhas don’t keep precepts.
And buddhas don’t break ...[text shortened]... .
Buddhas don’t keep or break anything.
Buddhas don’t do good or evil.

~ Bodhidharma (d. 533)

This body’s existence is like a bubble’s
May as well accept what happens
Events and hopes seldom agree
But who can step back doesn’t worry
We blossom and fade like flowers
Gather and part like clouds
Worldly thoughts I forgot long ago
Relaxing all day on a peak

~ Stonehouse

Worldly ups and downs
Should be treated
As lightly as clouds
Gathering and breaking up.

Unknown

a solitary hut
a white crane by the lake
the movement of the leaves
internet was a mistake