Showing posts with label sky. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sky. Show all posts

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Flowers in the sky.
Flowers on Earth.
Lotuses bloom as Buddha's eyelids.
Lotuses bloom in man's heart.
Holding gracefully a lotus in his hand,
the bodhisattva brings forth a universe of art.
In the meadows of the sky, stars have sprung up.
The smiling, fresh moon is already up.
The jade-colored trunk of a coconut tree
reaches across the late-night sky.

My mind, traveling in utmost emptiness,
catches suchness on its way home.

~ Thich Nhat Hanh,
Call Me By My True Names: The Collected Poems of Thich Nhat Hanh

Friday, October 10, 2008


'Although its light is wide and great,
the Moon is reflected in a puddle one inch wide.
The whole Moon and the entire sky are reflected
in one dew drop on the grass."
~Dogen
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