Like breath in the wind,
the disillusioned see not
the three gems within.
To Take Shelter Is To Give It
Ode of Orphee
Profess how I long,
Through metered song
To rhythmic tick and every tock
Of celestial cosmic clock,
That counts by years,
A turning golden gear,
For thy scared kiss,
Beloved, Eurydice,
Veiled by chimeric myst
Of the depths of hell,
Where twice you fell.
Forever together in heart,
Ever in temporal plane apart.
In a web of greed, hate and illusion.
Reflections during a summer solstice… Content in the realization that the declination of my Earthly Sol now travels north, toward final winter’s hibernation. To what point oratory hyperbole and grandiloquence bombast? Magniloquence verbosity with pomposity elocution? Eloquence replaced with rant and discourse, and oration displaced by balderdash fustian frustration. Waxing exclusive warring tribes, and inkish snide eclipsing waning inclusive benevolent compassion. You know not me, nor I any more learned of you. Where does humanity hide?
If Wise
If wise then precious bought, for wisdom’s cost, all one sought. In transience there is but naught. Transcended, all lies in divine thought, awakening mind that knows all, beckoning voice that ever calls.
Vortex of Volition
Finger swirl,
temporal whirl
around center
not really there,
atop a vast
placid ocean.
Dance done,
dissipation,
the aggregates
of self,
into time’s motion
and a spatial sea
sublime.
Reflections on The Matrix and the Eon of Neo the One.
“Why?” The question which seeks answer to the root of conditioned causality. Intent behind purpose. Existentially asked by those ignorant to the nature of reality.
PDF Screenplays to:
Namo Gurus Wachowskis et. al.
I know not fear
To Son of Man The Lord the fruits of knowledge did forbid, For one who mistakes knowledge for wisdom the truth is hid. Knowledge is the cup that overflows, Wisdom the cup that emptiness holds. Claim not that thou are wise, Proclaim wisdom to be thy prize.
A meditation bracelet of 12 turtle beads
“... suppose that this great earth were to be an ocean upon which a single yoke were being tossed about by the wind and thus being moved from here to there. And suppose if under that ocean there were a blind turtle, do you think it would be easy for it to insert its head into that yoke when it rises to the surface only once every hundred years? In a similar fashion it is extremely hard to obtain the human state.” From Bodhicharyavatara
May I, for the sake of all beings, be ever mindful of intent to develop perfect renunciation for bodhicitta (awakening mind) of prajnaparamita (perfect wisdom).
om soham (x4)
In the ti-sarana (three refuges) of Buddha, Dhamma, and Shangha, I seek refuge…
- buddham saranam gacchati (… intent upon going)
- dhammam saranam gacchati
- sangham saranam gacchati
- buddham saranam gacchāmi (… I go)
- dhammam saranam gacchāmi
- sangham saranam gacchāmi
- dutiyampi buddham saranam gacchāmi (a second time…)
- dutiympi dhammam saranam gacchāmi
- dutiyampi sangham saranam gacchāmi
- tatiyampi buddham saranam gacchāmi (a third time…)
- tatiyampi dhammam saranam gacchāmi
- tatiyampi sangham saranam gacchāmi
As to take refuge in the three jewels is to give refuge, with intent to give refuge, I go…
- Without hate as the aim,
- Without greed as the aim,
- Without illusion as the aim,
- Without hate as the way,
- Without greed as the way,
- Without illusion as the way,
- Giving reverence to the many before,
- Giving reverence to the many after,
- Giving reverence to the many teachers of the path
- Giving reverence to the many who assist on the path
- Giving reverence to the many who share the path
- Giving reverence to the one who reveled the path
I give reverence to Buddha Shakyamuni, the Perfectly Enlightened One, and his twelve principle deeds…
- descent from celestial Tushita
- entrance into mother’s womb
- birth
- mastery of worldly arts and skills
- enjoyment of his consorts
- renunciation of worldly ways
- endurance of severe physical penances
- mediation under the Bodhi Tree
- overcoming the the forces of mara
- attainment of Buddhahood
- turning the wheel of dharma
- entrance into peaceful parinirvana
May I realize the causes and consequences of paticca-samuppāda (dependent origination)…
- avijja (ignorance) from which arises
- sankhārā (karma formations) from which arises
- viññãna (consciousness) from which arises
- nãma-rūpa (name and form or mind and body) from which arises
- salãyatana (six bases) from which arises
- phassa (impressions) from which arises
- vedanā (feelings) from which arises
- tanjā (cravings) from which arises
- upādāna (clinging) from which arises
- bhava (process of becoming) from which arises
- jāti (rebirth-process) from which arises
- jarā-marana (old age and death)
May I be ever conscious of ariya-sacca (the noble truths) [1-4] and the eightfold path [5-12]…
- dukkha (truth of suffering)
- tanhā (truth of attachment)
- nirodha (truth of renunciation)
- magga (truth of the path):
- sammā-ditthi (right view)
- sammā-sankappa (right intent)
- sammā-vacca (right speech)
- sammā-kammanta (right action)
- sammā-ājīva (right livelihood)
- sammā-vāyāma (right effort)
- sammā-sati (right mindfulness)
- sammā-samādhi (right concentration)
May I be diligent toward the paramitas (the six perfections) [1-6] for sake of all beings in the six realms of cyclic existence [7-12]…
- Perfection of generosity
- Perfection of ethical discipline
- Perfection of patience
- Perfection of perseverance or joyous effort
- Perfection of meditative concentration
- Perfection of wisdom (prajnaparamita)
- For all beings of the deva realm (celestials)…
- …the asura realm (demi-gods)…
- … the human realm…
- … the animal realm…
- … the hungry ghost realm…
- … the hells
May I develop determination toward attainment of the three principle aspects of the path for the sake of all beings and their bliss…
- I take refuge in the buddha
- I take refuge in the dhamma
- I take refuge in the shangha
- desiring to develop perfected renunciation
- desiring to develop perfected bodhicitta and loving kindness
- desiring to develop perfected wisdom of emptiness
- of the dharmakaya (empty or true body)
- of the sambhogakaya (enjoyment body)
- of the nirmanakaya (emanation body)
- so all beings may be without hate
- so all beings may be without greed
- so all beings may be without illusion and so free
May I be ever mindful of altruistic intent and of true buddha nature. and meditate on the…
- … left principle channel…
- … right principle channel…
- … center principal channel…
- … chakra A…
- … chakra HUM…
- … chakra OM…
- … chakra HAM…
- … the enlightenment family of Vairocana…
- … enlightenment family of Akshobhya…
- …. enlightenment family of Ratnasambhava…
- … enlightenment family of Amitabha…
- … enlightenment family of Amoghasiddhi…
Namo Gurubhāya
Namo Buddhāya
Namo Dharmāya
Namo Sanghāya (x3)
May I take on defeat and offer victory.
om vajrasattva hum
om mani padme hum
Spell casting
What was one concealed,
The mysteries of the cosmos,
The aspiring mystikos
To self would reveal.
Conscious that there is only one religious source, self, and that outward displays of one’s religious observances are but metaphor of inner observance, creed.
Deathless Dead Duck
A fourth of the flock, By the three forgot, Near night’s opened door, Lifeless laid on the floor. Life’s brief dream, Fallen leaf in a stream, Mere memory evermore. Matter matters not, But carnage in rot, By wood-handled spade In earthen-clay laid. To higher realms I pray you soar.