Short Buddhist Poems
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Short Buddhist poems. 30 words or less, most recently published poems first.
prometheus5290
Poem Published
29th Mar 2020 7:06pm
29th Mar 2020 7:06pm
A Chant for English Speakers
Equanimity
Compassion
Kindness
Joy
(Repeat)
Compassion
Kindness
Joy
(Repeat)
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prometheus5290
Poem Published
26th Mar 2020 2:45pm
26th Mar 2020 2:45pm
Invincibility is being already broken.
A broken car cannot break down,
so be broken
like everyone else,
but with a smile!
so be broken
like everyone else,
but with a smile!
#Buddhist
#Taoism
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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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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
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.
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#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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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.
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#Taoism
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prometheus5290
Poem Published
8th Nov 2019 2:44am
8th Nov 2019 2:44am
Lucid Dreaming
I didn't wake up,
You fell asleep
Into the living dream,
Aware of shared reality
That you can control,
Infinitely,
Just not completely.
You fell asleep
Into the living dream,
Aware of shared reality
That you can control,
Infinitely,
Just not completely.
#dreams
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#Taoism
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prometheus5290
Poem Published
2nd Oct 2019 8:48am
2nd Oct 2019 8:48am
Karma
You can only accumulate bad karma,
and distribute good karma.
Good karma is not yours.
and distribute good karma.
Good karma is not yours.
#Buddhist
512 reads
5 Comments
buddhakitty
Poem Published
15th Aug 2019 00:43am
15th Aug 2019 00:43am
Zen and the wisdom of birds
watching a
bird
flying
overhead
circling
circling
circling
going
nowhere
bird
flying
overhead
circling
circling
circling
going
nowhere
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543 reads
11 Comments
prometheus5290
Poem Published
26th Jan 2019 3:02pm
26th Jan 2019 3:02pm
SHHHhhh...
Talking about Nirvana
is like talking about silence...
talking about either
means you are not in them.
Zen (Nirvana) is not just ineffible...
it is ineffing-
there are no words there.
is like talking about silence...
talking about either
means you are not in them.
Zen (Nirvana) is not just ineffible...
it is ineffing-
there are no words there.
#Buddhist
496 reads
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nightbirdblue
Poem Published
10th Dec 2018 6:25pm
10th Dec 2018 6:25pm
Mantric Sounds to Fall Asleep
Cooling ground
Beneath my feet
Slowing down
With each heart beat
Peace is found
Among the trees
Beneath my feet
Slowing down
With each heart beat
Peace is found
Among the trees
#nature
#Buddhist
#rhyming
#insomnia
#minimalist
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