Monday, March 11, 2019

Vipassana Scribbles



Forbidden Scribbles**
on a Ten Day Vipassana Retreat


Lying in Buddha posture
Outside I hear geese
Like me flying home

*

First Buds of Spring
Bird rustles in the underbrush
Can you ask a poet not to sing?

*

Old lady nods off
Drooping head signals torpor
Lion awakes without fail

*

Are clouds sky--sky clouds?
Where are you mind?
I looked everywhere and can’t find you 

*

Cars rush, Ocean of Dharma***
Squeaky door, cat’s meow
What’s real?



**Generally one is discouraged from writing or reading on a traditional Vipassana retreat. These mostly composed in my head outdoors during walking meditation, then jotted down on scraps of paper later
***Part of my Bodhisattva name