Friday, September 7, 2012

Great Nirvana & Other Poems

GREAT NIRVANA

You are not
your name,
anybody's opinions of you,
your accomplishments,
your ideas,
your problems,
your thoughts,
your body.
your mind,
your energy.
your feelings.
your will,
your rebirths,
your sensations.

You are That!

You are the immovable reality
"before" any of these --
that clear Naked Awareness
which is never an object
since only "in" and "by" it
does any object appear.

Incomparable,
unborn,
unknown,
deathless,
stainless,
imperishable,
unconditioned,
unmade,
inherently liberated,
energetic,
joyful,
pervasive,
omnipresent.

Congratulations! And
Om Shanti Shanti Shanti!


DEPENDENT ARISING/NIRVANA

Wind in the trees, plus a Hearing ear = sound.
No wind, no sound
No trees, no sound.
No Hearing ear, no sound.
What is the great and majestic sound of the Soundless?

THE BIG BEING

This cruel and senseless "I" illusion
that confuses Self
with objects, names and forms
has to be cut away completely & all at once
by dropping all mental labeling
and emotional grasping at the resultant
objects, names and forms.
Satori! Great Mind Realization. The Big Being.

BODHI

Is the lama enlightened?
Is the Tulku enlightened?
Is the Roshi enlightened?
Is the Great Buddha enlightened?
Is the whole universe enlightened?
No! Unless you are enlightened,
nothing and nobody is. So, please -
get Enlightened now!