ROSHI'S WORDS: Some Light-Hearted Buddhist Babble

    All ding hold in dare hart
    seed of opposing part:
    rest holds activity.
    from growth cums decay.
    joy is bat
    one side of sorrow
    and all has nuthing contained.

    Be Buddha Nature
    pure nirbana
    de secret pass
    and mystic samurai brade.

    Be ink dot
    on burning paper
    and meditate
    on stillness within flame. 


An-Yi:    (hiccup) What good is talking about zen?

Bhäraté : (shrugging her shoulders) How should I know? In the long run, what good is any human activity?

Chariya:  Without sustained practice, talking about zen probably is likely nothing more 
          than a form of intellectual amusement. 

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from _Pan-Asian Pulses: Poetry, Art, and Dialogs about Asia_ by T Newfields 
SUMMARY:  A bit of standard Buddhist mumbo-jumbo.
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: 2021 in Yokohama, Japan 
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted 

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ESPAÑOL:  https://www.tnewfields.info/es/roshi-p.htm
NIHONGO:  https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/roshi-ko.htm
ZHŌNGWÉN: https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/laoshi.htm