TOWARDS STILLNESS: Some thoughts about quietude 

	Be still as a lake without ripples
	glowing in the moonlight
	Still as the creatures of the forest
	sleeping in the depths of night.

	Hey there!
	Wait a moment!
	What's thizzz?

	"Sh-h-h"
	a temple priest
	whispers –

	"Calm your mind.
	Still your breath.
	Then notice
	each object –

	In order to see
	cease noisiness."


An-Yi:   So do you actually believe there is some kind of transcendental stillness 
         beyond the noise of this world?

Chariya: My personal belief is irrelevant. If such a sacred stillness does exist, 
         it does not need my confirmation.

Daiki:   (looking straight at An-Yi) The only stillness is death. Everything else is an illusion.

Bhäraté: Well, if you've already made up your mind about this, what is there to say?


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from _Pan-Asian Pulses: Poetry, Art, and Dialogs about Asia_ by T Newfields 
SUMMARY:  A Zen-inspired image and poem about inner stillness, mental noise, and peace. 
KEYWORDS: Zen nonsense, Buddhist babble, transcendental quietude, zazen meditation

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) 
Begun: 1980 in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico  ≜ Finished: 2016 in New Taipei, Taiwan 
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted 

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