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“You have something in yourself that is fundamentally, basically good. It transcends the notion of good or bad. Something that is worthwhile, wholesome, and healthy exists in all of us … Such goodness is synonymous with bravery. It is always there. Whenever you see a bright and beautiful color, you are witnessing your own [...] A DRUNKARD I’ve never been an individual entity Sixty trillion cells! I’m a living collectivity. I’m staggering zig-zag along, sixty trillion cells, all drunk! — Ko Un (b. 1933), Korean poet and former Buddhist monk. ALL THOSE SHIPS THAT NEVER SAILED All those ships that never sailed The ones with their seacocks open That were scuttled in their stalls … Today I bring them back Huge and transitory And let them sail Forever. All those flowers that you never grew— that you wanted to grow The ones that were [...] THE BRIDGE OF COMPASSION Compassion becomes a bridge to the world outside. Trust and compassion for oneself bring inspiration to dance with life, to communicate with the energies of the world. Lacking this kind of inspiration and openness, the spiritual path becomes the samsaric path of desire. One remains trapped in the desire to improve [...] BASIC SANITY In contrast to the traditional medical model of disturbances, the Buddhist approach is founded on the belief that basic sanity is operative in all states of mind. Confusion, from this point of view, is two-sided: it creates a need, a demand for sanity. This hungry nature of confusion is very powerful and very [...] Toward the Winter Solstice Although the roof is just a story high, It dizzies me a little to look down. I lariat-twirl the cord of Christmas lights And cast it to the weeping birch’s crown; A dowel into which I’ve screwed a hook Enables me to reach, lift, drape, and twine The cord among the [...] Within an enormous vacuum, an enormous space, enormous outer space, you begin to experience the dawn of enlightenment — just the dawn. You get the message that the sun is going to shine, purely because there is a little glow in the east. The dawn of enlightenment in the Buddhist tradition cannot take place unless [...] Buddha with a Cell Phone The dark sky opens and it starts to rain. I go outside to stand in the stream, the longed-for gift of water where it hasn’t rained for so long. I shout and dance with the dog, who puts his ears back and licks my nose. When we come back in, [...] UNDOING HABITUAL PATTERNS “In order to overcome ego, we have to undo our habitual patterns, which we have been developing for thousands of years, thousands of eons, up to this point. Such habitual patterns may not have any realistic ground, but nonetheless, we have been accustomed to doing dirty work, so to speak. We are [...] In the old days a poet once said In the old days a poet once said our nation is destroyed yet the mountains and rivers survive Today’s poet says the mountains and rivers are destroyed yet our nation survives Tomorrow’s poet will say the mountains and rivers are destroyed our nation is destroyed and Alas! [...] |
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