Best Dharma Poems

Your fate is sealed
   Once a year
or so the book 
   tells us
   Death is not 
a thing to worship 
  Life is!
 When some small creature 
        crawled forth from...

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Jaina Dharma

Jaina Dharma, my divine path to Moksha or salvation
to achieve my soul’s ultimate liberation;
through self-effort, non-violence, non-absolutism, non-possessiveness,
renunciation, retrospection, introspection, serenity, and stillness.

I bow in veneration to those already liberated,
traveling on the prescribed paths Lord Jina advocated.
My soul deeply yearns to break through enslaving...

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Death, existence, come and go,
Like a tidal undertow…
Waves that toss us, winds that blow,
Raging storms and biting snow,
Hunger, anger, joy, and woe,
Hellish heat with burning glow…

Saints and sages ‘in the know’
Quibble bookish quid pro quo.
Artful seekers high and low 
Chase illusions to and fro,
Board their...

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a frame cold-sprayed with
perfect tranquility; the world
and the bell are one,

a flock of wheels that join;
then the three-in-one in balance,
the sky,the moment, the crunch

of tyres on gravel,the river flows,
all suffering has gone,the day 
lengthens, this is where I am....

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One
little
morning peep
she would speak to 
greet my day, my sweet 
African Grey . . . She was
my friend, my confidante. I 
bottle fed my baby bird and . . . .
we would sing. Such joy she brought me in
her sweet way. My precious friend died...

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Tapping and searching
Loading
Tapping, deleting
Darkness

Reset
Loading, tapping
Deleting, tapping
Punching
Escaping
Darkness

Reset
Loading
Emptiness
Darkness
Tears
Escaping
Detachment
Done...

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Every day is a test, every day a battle
in how you come to terms with 
who you are
not
who you would like to be.

Trapped in your job, trapped in your life
you have to come to terms with
what you can do
instead of 
what you want to do.

Fixed...

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a maniac runs
a mad hound let from a leash
to the river god












 haiku dharma maniac runs copyright (c) rajat kanti chakrabarty 21 november 2014...

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scorpion drowning
                                 monk saves him and it stings monk
    ...

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Right View, Intention, Speech, Action, Livelihood, Effort, Mindfulness, Meditation 

May we always clear our eyes so we may see clear 
May we always put out the best intention beginning with our mind 
May we speak only in a tongue free of slander and lies 
May...

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Her soul is pure solitude 
A home where trees meets 
The granite fists of mountain Gods 
Her eyes burn of near enlightenment 
Of the cyclic nature of humanity's truth 

She blesses the rain, the fog 
The. Mosquitos the jackdaws and the frogs 
Wishes for nothing...

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Standing at the waters edge
Watching the moon cast it's midnight rays on the moving tide
Hearing it gently lay itself on the shore
In the distance
A cruise ships lights dance across the water
Clouds floating slowly across the sky
Enjoying my time with you old friend
Connected we are from...

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know thyself; is your life on the right track
aligned with, refined by, the principles of dharma
refrain, abstain, be kind and be calmer
meditate, seek meaning: find moral momentum
all actions count on this trip to nirvana...

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You gleamed brighter than glorious sunlight                                       ...

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There’s no council without wise old,
Nor old that vouch dharma nor virtue,
No virtue, truth would not uphold,
Nor truth free from fraudulent hue!   
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Translation |20.10.2024|assembly, old, virtue, truth, trickery

Poet’s note: Sanskrit has thousands of verses of wisdom called Subhashhitam. This verse is taken from...

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