Buddhist Poems and Poetry about Buddhism
#Buddhist
Buddhist poems, religious poetry written by those in the Buddhist faith. Also poems about Buddhism, offering different perspectives on the religion. Poetry incorporating symbolism, ideas, practices and beliefs from the Buddhist faith.
prometheus5290
Poem Published
26th Mar 2020 4:52am
26th Mar 2020 4:52am
The point one percent
There is the 1% of wealth
and the 1% of spiritual realization
and the intersection of the two
is less likely than being struck by lightning
the same day as winning the lottery.
and the 1% of spiritual realization
and the intersection of the two
is less likely than being struck by lightning
the same day as winning the lottery.
#Buddhist
#Taoism
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dkzksaxxas_DanielX
Poem Published
14th Mar 2020 2:21pm
14th Mar 2020 2:21pm
Self Servant Be Thy Name
right/light on the way
things
gone tonight......(o! like a twi-light?)
goin'n'going
any damn way the way a horizontal
f e r r i s wheel might defy
expectations of whoD'fuck
writes
a bucket for death, or
a sucket for precious g
e
...
things
gone tonight......(o! like a twi-light?)
goin'n'going
any damn way the way a horizontal
f e r r i s wheel might defy
expectations of whoD'fuck
writes
a bucket for death, or
a sucket for precious g
e
...
#dark
#death
#Buddhist #memorial
#Buddhist #memorial
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prometheus5290
Poem Published
6th Mar 2020 3:59pm
6th Mar 2020 3:59pm
die it
Live a dreamer,
die an artist.
Live a student,
die a mentor.
Live a comedian,
die laughing.
die an artist.
Live a student,
die a mentor.
Live a comedian,
die laughing.
#Buddhist
#Taoism
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prometheus5290
Poem Published
25th Feb 2020 2:12pm
25th Feb 2020 2:12pm
Dukkha (or self-imposed suffering)
If you skip cold and go straight to freezing,
If you skip warm and go straight to scorching,
If you skip hungry and go straight to starving
Then you are skipping mild, manageable discomfort and causing your own torment.
If you skip warm and go straight to scorching,
If you skip hungry and go straight to starving
Then you are skipping mild, manageable discomfort and causing your own torment.
#Buddhist
#Taoism
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prometheus5290
Poem Published
22nd Feb 2020 3:24am
22nd Feb 2020 3:24am
Woke Life
You'd have to be asleep
Not to realize
You have been awake
Since birth.
Not to realize
You have been awake
Since birth.
#Buddhist
#Taoism
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Ely
E.A.Rothwell
E.A.Rothwell
Poem Published
19th Feb 2020 4:00am
19th Feb 2020 4:00am
If you believe
If you believe death sets you free
That's not morbid...not to me…
This is your philosophy
of life...and living…
death and forgiving
Should it not be the same
as mine...will not make it less divine…
That's not morbid...not to me…
This is your philosophy
of life...and living…
death and forgiving
Should it not be the same
as mine...will not make it less divine…
#religion
#God
#Buddhist
#spiritual
#philosophical
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prometheus5290
Poem Published
18th Feb 2020 3:13am
18th Feb 2020 3:13am
Mind-Body Builder
How did you get so strong?
"I try moving things that are impossible to move."
How did you get so intelligent?
"I try thinking things that are impossible to think."
"I try moving things that are impossible to move."
How did you get so intelligent?
"I try thinking things that are impossible to think."
#Buddhist
#Taoism
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prometheus5290
Poem Published
15th Feb 2020 8:35pm
15th Feb 2020 8:35pm
Snoozing
You have to be
Your own alarm clock,
Ding-a-ling,
If you are ever going to realize
You are already awake.
Your own alarm clock,
Ding-a-ling,
If you are ever going to realize
You are already awake.
#Buddhist
#Taoism
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Jade-Pandora
jade tiger
jade tiger
Poem Published
3rd Feb 2020 9:34am
3rd Feb 2020 9:34am
Shoveling Snow with Buddha
( after Billy Collins)
He shows up from out of nowhere,
of dazzling blue once the storm passes by.
Approaches with a smile, eyes of crescent moon,
offering a hand of strength and of mirth,
as honest labor of brotherly love.
I could be overthinking an uncommon sight
added to an otherwise common act.
Besides, there’s nothing out of place
when it comes to Winter at this time of year,
with my neighborhood inundated in white powder.
And I don’t question his abbreviated attire,
a...
He shows up from out of nowhere,
of dazzling blue once the storm passes by.
Approaches with a smile, eyes of crescent moon,
offering a hand of strength and of mirth,
as honest labor of brotherly love.
I could be overthinking an uncommon sight
added to an otherwise common act.
Besides, there’s nothing out of place
when it comes to Winter at this time of year,
with my neighborhood inundated in white powder.
And I don’t question his abbreviated attire,
a...
#winter
#Buddhist
#spiritual
#LifeAsAWriter
#BillyCollins
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prometheus5290
Poem Published
25th Jan 2020 6:24am
25th Jan 2020 6:24am
Yes Knot
I tied my ego
into a knot
with altruism
so my pride
would be tied
to service to others
and because
I could not annihilate
my ego.
into a knot
with altruism
so my pride
would be tied
to service to others
and because
I could not annihilate
my ego.
#Buddhist
#Taoism
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Ahavati
Tams
Tams
Poem Published
26th Dec 2019 2:19pm
26th Dec 2019 2:19pm
The Moment ( For Ram Dass )
We're all just walking each other home.”
~ Ram Dass
Here is the moment—
beautiful and terrible:
yet, there is nothing flawed
across its wildest span of seconds—
only existence reliving
a karmic form of now;
but, tulkus who choose
their return have learned
Love is the fullness
we initially mistake as food
~
~ Ram Dass
Here is the moment—
beautiful and terrible:
yet, there is nothing flawed
across its wildest span of seconds—
only existence reliving
a karmic form of now;
but, tulkus who choose
their return have learned
Love is the fullness
we initially mistake as food
~
#love
#Buddhist
#spiritual
#philosophical
#wisdom
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gazellemon
Bradley J
Bradley J
Bumped 18th Dec 2019 4:19am
15th Jun 2019 5:15pm
15th Jun 2019 5:15pm
Let it All Be (instrumental by Mors)
I'm out here living this life
Its the only thing I know
Living it right not living it twice
Time ticks on to a close
Even if I could not understand it
I'm a man now but couldn't have planned this
Fill up my cup and Imma tipping it sideways
spread it on out, yeah, I'm riding it longways
Till it come back round
Still, I stay with the fat sound
Knocking at my door like they looking for more
Like I took it like a whore like I cook it in my core, yeah
-
I wanna be free, words I weave
I let it all be and ...
Its the only thing I know
Living it right not living it twice
Time ticks on to a close
Even if I could not understand it
I'm a man now but couldn't have planned this
Fill up my cup and Imma tipping it sideways
spread it on out, yeah, I'm riding it longways
Till it come back round
Still, I stay with the fat sound
Knocking at my door like they looking for more
Like I took it like a whore like I cook it in my core, yeah
-
I wanna be free, words I weave
I let it all be and ...
#courage
#identity
#inspirational
#Buddhist
#SelfDiscovery
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