Haikus Of The Way Of The Elders

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The Ajahn slowly,
His alms bowl a part of him.
Sticky rice, eyes down.
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In the trees, tractor.
From the rusty driving seat
Serene Rupa glimpsed.
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Thinking about lunch
Seven white robed novice monks.
Eleven Thirty.
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Ananda rebuked
Contemplates his faults alone
Strives to do better
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
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Hoarfrost spikes
have sprung out overnight
like the hairs on my chin

Awakened at midnight
by the sound of the water jar
cracking from the ice

A pattering of rain
on the new eaves
brings me awake

The skylark:
Its voice alone fell,
Leaving nothing behind

The silence;
The voice of the cicadas
Penetrates the rocks.

from a cool website.... http://www.haiku.insouthsea.co.uk/zen.htm
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Did not ask Buddha
Minor rules, from major rules
Now stuck with them all
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
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Sages threw flowers
through centuries and eons
raining on you now
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Moon rising, I sit.
Contemplate...Sun is rising.
Time to 'chop water'.
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The lonely cushion
Or the lovely, tempting world
Nibbana awaits.
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Four ennobling truths,
Eightfold path, the Way is One:
Bright star of morning.
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Thank you all for your wonderful contributions.

I might take this opportunity to provide a translation, provided by Ajahn Dhammanando, of the verse in my signature. Technically, not a haiku:

I see the gathering of followers:
Putting forth effort, self controlled,
Always with strong resolution
—This is how to honor the Buddhas!


-- Mahapajapatigotamitheriapadanam-2/7-171
verse of Pajapati the Great
(Andrew Olendzki, Access to Insight, 2005)
“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.”
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road

Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725

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form feeling
perception mental fabrications
consciousness
Pronouns (no self / not self)
“Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering. Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.”
― Ajahn Chah
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Seeing Hearing
Smelling Tasting Touching
Thinking
Pronouns (no self / not self)
“Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering. Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.”
― Ajahn Chah
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Faith Energy
Mindfulness Concentration
Wisdom
Pronouns (no self / not self)
“Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering. Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.”
― Ajahn Chah
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Dhama Wheel posting
embracing Theravada,
flowers grow in spring.
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