Chapter 1- Bendōwa (A Talk about Pursuing the Truth)
Zazen Samadhi -
The Dharma blooms forth, anchored
By this floating stem
Breath ringing the bell,
The worlds in ten directions
Resonate Dharma
Chapter 2 – Maka-hannya-haramitsu (Mahāprajnāpāramitā)
Holding all the threads
Of wisdom, having to do
With a tender heart
Cloaking the body
With prajnā-pāramitā –
Radiant mantra
Chapter 3 – Genjō-kōan (The Realized Universe)
The whole moon and sky
Reflected in just one drop
Not knowing it's dew
In dust, out of frame,
Innumerable dharmas
Past my single shape
Chapter 4 – Ikka-no-myōju (One Bright Pearl)
Floating downriver,
Not fishing for gold-scaled fish --
Gensha, the layman
A ceaseless stirring,
Ten directions held within
One shimmering pearl
Chapter 5 – Ju-undō-shiki (Rules for Accumulated Cloud Hall)
The hall of clouds -- home
To Buddha's truth and harmony
Like milk in water
Chapter 6 – Soku-shin-ze-butsu (Mind Here and Now is Buddha)
Clear, no mist or mud,
Mind's original essence --
Shared and eternal
Coming home to truth --
Relaxing into the arms
Of the infinite
Chapter 7 – Senjō (Washing)
Essence purified --
Not a goal, but the doing --
Washing is Buddha
Wash body like mind
Til water runs clear, so all
Retain the Dharma
4 comments:
Thank you for your efforts.
Thanks for stopping by and showing your support. Hope you're starting to get settled.
Gisela (Happi)
Hi Gisela,
Work in progress is always the best kind of work. Wishing you all the best for the continuation of yours.
Mike
P.S.
Here is something that your work prompted to invade my sitting this morning, a Zazengi haiku:
A backward step
Turning the light
Of, in, by, for, on
Oneself
Hi Mike -
Thanks for your blessing.
Here is a haiku I wrote 'on the fly' after tweeting the link to this post yesterday:
Moving from darkness
to light — stepping back, tilting
the head to listen.
Wishing you peace, breath and right direction this holiday season.
Palms together in Gassho,
Gisela (Happi)
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