Karma’s net as it tightens
Invites the blind to see
Each situation quite perfect
In its implacable right to be
Posts Tagged ‘karma’
Rule of Law
Posted in Being Otherwise poetry collection, tagged ancestor, cause and effect, delusion, karma, karmic consequence, law of karma on October 13, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
The Four Thoughts (Haiku)
Posted in On Vanishing Path poetry collection (Dharma), tagged birth, death, hospice, human life, impermanence, interdependence, karma, renunciation, samsara on September 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Dawn’s light bathes the crib
Wide-eyed infant looks and sees
No time for crying
Fluffy baby swans
Only two left of seven
Snapping turtles’ lunch
No Defense
Posted in Getting Over Me poetry collection (Dharma), tagged Buddhist poetry, courage, Dharma poetry, emptiness, higher view, karma, patience on October 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
May I too have courage and a view that’s higher
Emptiness cannot hurt emptiness in turn
May I take my lumps as coal for the fire
And run to the stake singing, “Burn, karma, burn!”