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Rev. Chuan Kong Shakya

Haiku by Chuan Kong Shakya

Even emptiness
Empties itself inside out;
Our cups overflow!


Withering flowers
Die and live, live and die, ah;
Seamless unfolding.....


Looking deeper still
Within; the ancient mirror,
Gone, suddenly gone.


Now this new bright face
Shines in the emptiness;
Thus! All is so clear.


Reverence for life
And the Bodhisattva vow -
Oh these mosquitoes.


No longer needed;
An old abandoned raft
Simply drifts away.


Dripping ambrosia,
Iridescent humming bird;
Glad song in the ear.


A southern cloud
Now covers the whole earth;
Compassionate rain.

 
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