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stonepicnicking_okapi) wrote2024-05-23 04:30 pm
stonepicnicking_okapi) wrote2024-05-23 04:30 pm
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Vesak
Today is Vesak, the full moon in May (or Flower Moon) observed as the day of the Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and shedding of his body. So I did a collage with a photo from the ashram of the meditation center to which I belong. The words are from The Dhammapada, collection of sayings of the Buddha, translation Eknath Eawaran.
And for Thursday (which is Verse day or Poetry Day here in okapi-land):
by Soen (1859-1919) translated by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto
Calm, activity—each has its use. At times
This worldly dust piles mountain-high.
Now the neighbor’s asleep, I chant a sutra.
The incense burnt away, I sing before the moon.
And for Thursday (which is Verse day or Poetry Day here in okapi-land):
by Soen (1859-1919) translated by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto
Calm, activity—each has its use. At times
This worldly dust piles mountain-high.
Now the neighbor’s asleep, I chant a sutra.
The incense burnt away, I sing before the moon.