Haiku: your pet peeve and other musings about Buddhism

The Watercooler
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@Coemgenu

My ignorance must
shock those versed in EBTs.
I apologise.

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Very Clever Haiku :rofl: :thinking: :joy:

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Mastery is mine
Just buy my snake-oil guidance
Awake - guaranteed!

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I’m copying this back over here, to make sure no haiku-lover misses it.

Of course the associated non-haikus were pretty cool too:

@karl_lew I have a Mara-inspired urge to edit you last line, tho if ‘twit’ is pronounced in you dialect with 2 syllables ‘t-wit’ I’m completely out of court and apologise immediately.

This nonsensical verse,
dare I disperse?
Or abide with mute wit,
and still be a twit.

Of course

MN96:8.3: …They refrain from using speech that’s false, divisive, harsh, or nonsensical…

And now - for one time only - I can like my own post: on the ground that its substantive content is all quoted from others. :rofl:

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Long live mischievous moods! :man_cartwheeling: :woman_cartwheeling:

And I, stilled, will still be a twit.

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A mod in a mood
Should be avoided at all
Costs. Take cover Karl!

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Buddhism for fun
and profit can save the world:
Wisdom 2.0

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Forcing stillness and
philosophy as a brand.
Alas, the ethics?

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@Khemarato.bhikkhu @Charlotteannun

Samsara horror!
from fires to new age gurus
Get me out of here!

:rofl::joy::rofl:

:dharmawheel: :relieved:

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Too much syncretism. It’s really sucks… :expressionless:

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Say it in a haiku :slight_smile:

with much metta :sunflower:

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and of you?
Should you haiku too?

:joy:

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Mindfulness for sale;
Cultural imperials
“We’ll do it better!”

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Brahmins all the time…
Grateful to the Perfected
who revealed the Path.

Every spring, flowers
and weeds. Many life forms feed
on the best they find.

:lotus:

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Spring to mind, I see
AN5.193
From doubt, that escape

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what is the starting
point of wholesome states? Virtue… Then
foster mindfulness

https://suttacentral.net/sn47.15/en/bodhi

Appologies, if appropriate, to Venrable Sir Bhikkhu Bodhi for “foster”. Needed it for the meter.

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My first haiku in life:

Ripples of craving
Eyes burn staring at the sun
Sound of quenching flames

:fallen_leaf:

Maybe not the best time to make a haiku, but it came to me in meditation. :joy:

Also thanks everyone for your wonderful haikus, gave me a lot of smiles, reflections and as you can see, inspiration. :slight_smile: :anjal:

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I heard it like this –
Sāti from the riverbank –
“This very same mind.”

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