zen le petit prince elephants

7^th of November 2012

My dear Little Prince

Let me tell you about

All the elephants

I didn’t rode

But I let them go

Like

Pains I did not

Sooth

Like

Tears I did not

Shed

And dreams I did

Not (yet) live

But I’m still

Riding

The blue elephant

The more I listen,

The more I open

The elephants

Remind me

Of who

I am

blue moon

drawing

cloud and water

18 years
went by
so quickly

cloud
and
water
and a mountain
of fire

i humble bow
and sit

my zafou
is still
the same

“Well, well, the beard of Bodhidharma is all gone.” 29 jul 2012

The Gateless Gate, by Ekai, called Mu-mon, tr. Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps [1934], at sacred-texts.com

[Bodhidharma himself was wondering...]

4. A Beardless Foreigner


Wakuan complained when he saw a picture of bearded Bodhidharma: "Why hasn't that fellow a beard?"



Mumon's comment: If you want to study Zen, you must study it with your heart. When you attain realization, it must be true realization. You yourself must have the face of the great Bodhidharma to see him. Just one such glimpse will be enough. But if you say you met him, you never saw him at all.

One should not discuss a dream

In front of a simpleton.

Why has Bodhidharma no beard?

What an absurd question!

back

o vreme
n-am mai dat
pe aici.

am revenit
si am gasit
usa
deschisa

si chiar o fereastra
cu oblonul
la perete

trei frunze
de iedera
se catarau curioase
peste pervaz

le-am salutat
zambind
m-am inclinat
si-am pus
un elefant
de straja

gratitude

“No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.”

 James Allen

multumesc mult

tuturor celor

care au contribuit

cu ganduri bune

si nu numai

multumesc! AB, AM, AN, AP, AS, CP, DI, DS, FC, MB, MC, MK, MM, MP, RS

sfiala

„Nu mă pot mândri că scriu şi mă sfiesc ca de o îndrăzneală. 

Nu am talent, am tulburare. Cuvântul îmi vine greu în condei.

 Îl şterg de zece ori şi tot nu l-am găsit. Mă sângeră fraza, mă doare.” Tudor Arghezi

fields of gold

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjSsy9jX3io