a stone buddha
in its lap
a single poppy
Tag: buddha
2559
flows around, within;
heart’s blood of waking buddhas
who all are laughing
having dreamt we’re cups of water
immersed in wondrous oceans
2531
sooty brass buddha
facing the busy highway
who can stop for you
2420
2416
watches rabbits
eat my chrysanthemums
garden buddha laughs
2081
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2055
a garden buddha
sits in mandara flowers
preaches the dharma
1889
slowly I approach
the deer bolt away— damn!
I’m not yet buddha
1757
in buddha’s backyard
a fountain statue of me
spiderwebs and crows
1527r
alas, unemployed
yet so overjoyed
a frog pond’s buddha
🦋
1510
buddha sits outside
among garden gnomes
mandara blooming
1105
deer reported
chewing human bones
and buddha shrugged
801
news of mass murder
some sorrows too great
even for stone buddhas
781
living in a house
of nine small rooms
then stepping outside
into bright sunshine–
our buddha nature
(Paraphrase of Daisaku Ikeda,
The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra, vol. 4)
717 R
beggar children make
offerings of mud pies–
Buddha bows
(Revision 2)
703
buddha– anyone
who wakes up
and smells the karma
702
beggar children bow
offer mud pies to buddha
who bows back
507
no saints nor angels
guffawed or gave a chuckle
only buddhas laugh
六十六
(rewrite)
399
buddha statue sits
facing Highway 101
torrents of folly
from Google Earth
Sutra
All around and flowing within us
The heart’s blood of waking buddhas
Who open their eyes laughing
Having dreamt we are glasses of water
Deep in wondrous, rhythmic seas.
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