DISAMBIGUATION

DISAMBIGUATION

Content or else left discontented.
Full of content or else empty; open to
A blossoming in contentedness.

Void and avoid after all cousins;
It’s all about words and worlds
give or take a letter or two.

“You should stop words and letters,”
Says Dogen, “and learn to withdraw
and reflect on yourself.

“When you do so
your body and mind will naturally fall away,
and your original Buddha nature will appear.”

PAID UP

PAID UP

Freedom’s never free
Any union has its dues
Happy to pay mine

THE POLYMATH

THE POLYMATH

Lesson by lesson
Lessons that do not lessen
But instead enhance

The one in the all
All one in togetherness
Alone together

FULL CIRCLE

FULL CIRCLE

Travelling back now
Letting go we find ourselves
Back where we came from

THAT MOMENT OF GLORY

THAT MOMENT OF GLORY

Candles may adorn
But they only provide light
In their consumption

SUTRAS

SUTRAS

Take time to read then
Among the ten thousand things
Find time to digest
Seed to manifestation
Meditation in motion

MU II

MU II

It’s time to give up
But who is it that gives up?
Okay I give up

MU

MU

Without attachments
Who would remain to remain
Without attachments

RICE AND BARLEY

RICE AND BARLEY

Two a misapprehension
There is only ever one
And yet are also two
No apprehension too

Like rice and barley
Found mixed up together
Letting go in the moment
Holding without grasping

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This is based on an old Zen story, but sadly even though I recall the story and its moral I cannot relocate it. Anyone?

JUST WORDS

JUST WORDS

They call it karma
Those who call themselves Buddhists
Yet love needs no name