329 Haiku Poems For Your Spiritual Practice. Adrian Tanase
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Keeps me going
In this natural relaxed alertness.
9.
Life has its own way
Of telling you its story
In the ever unfolding awareness.
10.
I’m on a winding path
Through the tall forest grass
Every step I take roots me into the earth.
11.
Undefinable in words
Alert state of mind
Everything seems to stop.
Buddha-nature
That underlying place that exists in all of us, that basic and fundamental goodness, that sanity of mind, that joyful state of being where one feels complete in every way is called in Buddhism, Buddha-nature. It can be reached, understood and fully experienced once one is awakening or has reached the Awakened state (often called Enlightenment or Salvation).
When the being is liberated of all the veils that keep it unaware of its spiritual legacy and it can finally experience its natural state of being, where the unsurpassable joy of just existing manifests, one can experience exquisite mental clarity and an open heart that feels the love that exists everywhere, in any circumstance and situation of our life.
Buddha-nature is what we all share at all times, be it we are aware of it or not. It is our most fundamental layer of being, that understands and talks the language of love, compassion, wisdom, and peace.
1.
The red flower knows
The beginning and the end
Of the world’s emptiness.
2.
Everything exists as pure
Unwavering source of love
Eternal and flowing unceasingly.
3.
Green leaves are vessels of love
To the naked eye
Of the Buddha.
4.
My empty cup in the morning
Fills my cup in the afternoon
I never have any cups.
5.
Golden letters carved on a rock
Enlightenment is one step away
For the one that suffers.
6.
Blending ink and water
We will always exist
In the vast ocean of Buddha-nature.
7.
One can never have
To many adornments,
As an offering to the Buddha.
8.
People walking on the streets
Unaware of the treasure they hold,
Unmanifested Buddha-nature.
9.
Inherent in everything
Deep wavering layers of love and compassion
Flow relentlessly.
10.
The fundamental nature
Of all beings of the past, present and future
Is found in the luminous nature of the mind.
11.
My mind is looking for the Truth,
But cannot see it
For the Truth is beyond comprehension.
Compassion
The sister of unconditional love, compassion usually comes to those who have experienced a lot of suffering or have seen suffering around them. Compassion can be more easily understood as a mixture of sacred love mixed with wisdom and kindness.
Compassion basically means extending your unconditional love and kindness upon the ones who suffer. Being compassionate towards anyone shows great spiritual evolution. Also, one sees that everybody is capable of love, but because of "unhealthy" choices, people have forgotten how to be in their own hearts, so they are left to suffer and not see the real beauty of the world, through their own eyes.
The act of compassion is never complete without self-compassion. We get bruised too in this big world and we need to sometimes constantly reassert self-love so we can keep our hearts open. The warmth that this virtue radiates in our life will transform us and guide us on our spiritual path if we can manage to practice it the right way.
1.
A mother’s love
Is overflowing and
Raining over the tree saplings.
2.
Inside one’s heart
With light and sorrow
We come in peace.
3.
We are the people
That count their blessings
In sacredness and kindness.
4.
Buddha’s blessings
Upon everyone
That I meet.
5.
Deeply shared insights
Can only be possible
In a world of Compassion.
6.
Understanding your sorrow
Sitting on the same white flower
Last night.
7.
Awaken
Through a world of suffering
I sow the seeds of compassion.
8.
Innumerable offerings
To the Great Goddess
With white lilies in her hair.
9.
The white path of compassion
Is rarely found
In a human’s life.
10.
Dedicating her path
To alleviate the suffering of others
She is looking down upon the Earth.
11.
With her beautiful
Rose quartz heart
She heals the many wounds of our souls.
12.
Sowing the seeds of gentleness
In every word and every action
May everyone be free from suffering.
Contemplation
Contemplation has been used as a spiritual practice since time immemorial. Contemplation brings gradual stillness to one's inner being and connects us at a deeper level with the object being observed, unveiling levels of perception that are not usually active in our daily routines.
Contemplation is mostly achieved in silence, where there are fewer or no distractions around us when we can really dwell in the