Reflective on immediacy
And self mortality,
Artist creates
Through medium,
Wherein they
Endeavor to portray
That about life, death, and love
They wish to say,
This the artist’s way.
Artist Inc.
Surely
There are those who suffer the torments of war, famine, plague.
Surely we are in the realm of hells.
There are those who suffer from greed and can never consume enough.
Surely we are in the realm of hungry ghosts.
There are those who suffer from being hunted, preyed upon, enslaved.
Surely we are in the realm of beasts.
There are those who suffer the heartaches of humanity and practice compassion.
Surely we are in the realm of humans.
There are those who fly in the air, ride in horseless iron chariots.
Surely we are in the realm of the Demi-gods.
There are those who can annihilate millions with grave weapons of war.
Surely we are in the realm of the Gods.
If I do not practice compassion diligently, if I do not guard my mind, surely I will suffer in Samsara.
Promethean Quest
In quest to find that perfect,
It wise that intellect reflect,
How self for self defines perfect,
And rest in reflection of perfection.
“The mind is the sole generator of good and bad. There are many occasions when the thoughts which arise in the mind, even if they are not translated into speech or action, have a very strong positive or negative effect. So always examine your mind.” – Words of My Perfect Teacher.
Lions Roar
4 Truth
4 reflection on a multifaceted jewel so as I may understand:
The first truth, the nature of existence understood, exemplified succinctly by the three characteristics of existence.
The second truth, abandonment of illusion, exemplified succinctly by the 12 links of dependent origination.
The third truth, realization, exemplified succinctly by the three aspects of the path: determination to be free; arousing Bodhicitta (awakening mind); Prajnaparamita (perfected wisdom).
The fourth truth, the way of the Conqueror, it is simply the Eightfold Path of developing morality, concentration, and wisdom, in which the first step therein is itself “Right View” established on these same Four Noble Truths.
All (practice, realization itself) are dependent on causation wherein what is to be realized is not.
Sustain
Naught but love and kindness
In heart retain.
That heart of naught but love and
Kindness be all that remain.
May all attain,
“I” that remain.
In meditation practice
sustained.
Abiding (Da Capo al Fine)
…Taking refuge, intent on arousing bodhichitta,
In meditation beyond conceptualization,
Dedicating practice’s merits accumulation.
May all attain their heart’s most profound aspiration,
Realizing emptiness, finding refuge on path to liberation,
Buddhas and bodhisattvas abiding without hate, greed, nor illusion.
May I be of any means to such end, as long there remains spacial persistence,
As long as beings endure disillusioned insistence,
So too may I abide, dispelling suffering in Samsara’s cyclic existence…
D.C.
Nominally
Meditation’s Subjective Objective,
No state to obtain,
Maintain, sustain,
Realization of perfection
In reflection.
Diamond-like
Adamantine mind,
Thoughts aligned,
Crystalline.
Clear light refracted,
Phenomena projected.
Methods Supreme
Evils, notions of mine forsaken,
Mind of compassion awaken.
Without conceptualization
in meditation.
Offer toward benefit all
merits-accumulation,
With prayers of dedication.