Zen Poem — Ikkyu
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Zen Poem — Ikkyu

Every day priests minutely examine the Dharma (universal law) 

and endlessly chant complicated sutras. 

Before doing that, though, 

they should learn how to read the love letters 

sent by the wind and rain, 

the snow and moon. 

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“The Hero Path" by Joseph Campbell
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“The Hero Path" by Joseph Campbell

We have not even to risk the adventure alone

for the heroes of all time have gone before us.

The labyrinth is thoroughly known ...

we have only to follow the thread of the hero path.

And where we had thought to find an abomination

we shall find a God.

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“Blindness” by Keith Basar
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“Blindness” by Keith Basar

As a war-weary soul

pursues some form of finality,

the Light,

that lit the hearts of humans 

fell prey to sadistic shadows.

There, carnality found insanity it's logical end. 

And the heart

turning diabolical, devoid of heat 

became a psychological wasteland

absent of color or being.

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“Water and Earth” by Keith Basar
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“Water and Earth” by Keith Basar

He was conceived on the highest mountain slopes — where clouds and stone embrace in holy communion. From a single droplet to a milieu of many, he moved gravitationally downward —encountering parched desserts — renewing along the way, always bound by the pull of destiny.

Currents within him swirled to and fro — sometimes facing fierce storms, relentless winds…

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“Concentration” — Author Unknown
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“Concentration” — Author Unknown

After winning several archery contests, the young and rather boastful champion challenged a Zen master who was renowned for his skill as an archer. The young man demonstrated remarkable technical proficiency when he hit a distant bull's eye on his first try, and then split that arrow with his second shot.

'There,' he said to the old man, 'see if you can match that!'

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Lord’s Prayer in Aramaic
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Lord’s Prayer in Aramaic

A group of people once asked Jesus how to pray, and he answered with poetry.

Poetry, which presumably got translated many times over since then, and may or may not be accurately represented by the current versions we have available to us today. You can find many rendering’s of the ‘Lord’s Prayer’ through a simple google search, ranging in tone from the feudalistic language of King James’ Version:

“Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name…”

SOURCE: https://healingmyreligion.com/2016/04/30/how-to-pray/

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"The Compass of Compassion" by John Phillip Newell
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"The Compass of Compassion" by John Phillip Newell

"Notice the similarity between the word compass and the word compassion. They share an etymological root. The earliest use of the word compass does not, of course, refer to the modern hiking compass as we know it. The word is first used to refer to the mathematical compass, that simple two-pronged device that many of us remember using in grade school to measure the distance between two points and to draw arcs and circles.

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