And as the title suggested, put some Dhamma into it
The best ones get the Runcible Award
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There once was a Buddha called Gotama,
Who ended the delusion of Ātma.
Through wisdom and stillness,
No aging and illness,
That enlightened sage called Gotama.
I don’t think you can rhyme a “Gotama”
With another “Gotama”: that’s “adhamma”
You can cry “perfectibilian”
But I think you and @Gillian
Will have to pay for this kamma!
There once was a sage from Nantucket
with a fissure along his alms bucket
the food that was dropped
on the ground would plop
but it didn’t bother him because he was a very calm man and ultimately had enough to eat.
There once was a monk in mid Thailand
who thought he knew all about Lear.
He’d not checked the book
nor had a good look
to see Lear himself always repeated the last word of the first line again at the end of the final line - I guess not available in Thailand?
There was a young Māra named Dūsī
Whose gander was quite loosey and goosey
But then he threw a stone
Smashing there a bone
Eons in hell and up roasted Moggallāna from Dūsī
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This limerick has been Awarded a Runcible Award by @Ficus
Some of the naughtier Nantucket limericks write themselves.
Tena kho pana samayena aññataro bhikkhu lambī hoti. So anabhiratiyā pīḷito attano aṅgajātaṃ attano vaccamaggaṃ pavesesi. Tassa kukkuccaṃ ahosi … pe … “āpattiṃ tvaṃ, bhikkhu, āpanno pārājikan”ti
At one time a monk who had a long penis was plagued by discontent, and he inserted his penis into his own anus. He became remorseful … “You’ve committed an offense entailing expulsion.”
There once was a Tranny not famous
Who thought her appendage quite heinous!
She said men are from Mars
And women from Venus,
But frankly dear I like Uranus!
This thread is getting longer and longer,
The language is stronger and stronger!
A word to the wise
Avoid all vice
Lest you find your post marked out in red!
From the guidelines Keep it clean. Don’t post anything obscene or sexually explicit.
'Twas the duty of the Mod to try
to stop posts that might make people cry.
It wasn’t a crime,
If it didn’t rhyme
Just the best that could be done on the fly!
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This limerick has been Awarded a Runcible Award by @Ficus
There once was a nun who was shaving
A head with no hair she was craving
She realized her clinging
Her desire was bringing
And altered her mind and behaving.
There once was a monk named Brahmali
Who gave up an old life of folly
The noble quest driving
He spent his years striving
The Dhamma his love and his family.
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This limerick has been Awarded a Runcible Award by @Ficus
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