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Fall Moon Festival

Thich Nhat Hanh, Thich Nhat Hanh poetry, Buddhist, Buddhist poetry, Zen / Chan poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry,  poetry by Thich Nhat Hanh
(1929 - ) Timeline

Original Language
English

Buddhist : Zen / Chan
Contemporary

What will happen when form collides with emptiness,
and what will happen when perception enters non-perception?
Come here with me, friend.
Let's watch together.
Do you see the two clowns, life and death
setting up a play on a stage?
Here comes Autumn.
The leaves are ripe.
Let the leaves fly.
A festival of colors, yellow, red.
The branches have held on to the leaves
during Spring and Summer.
This morning they let them go.
Flags and lanterns are displayed.
Everyone is here at the Full Moon Festival.

Friend, what are you waiting for?
The bright moon shines above us.
There are no clouds tonight.
Why bother to ask about lamps and fire?
Why talk about cooking dinner?
Who is searching and who is finding?
Let us just enjoy the moon, all night.

 

 

-- from Call Me by My True Names: The Collected Poems of Thich Nhat Hanh, by Thich Nhat Hanh

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Themes

  Dawn
  Death
  Fire
  Light
  Moon


Recommended Books


Call Me by My True Names: The Collected Poems of Thich Nhat Hanh, by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering Into Peace, Joy & Liberation, by Thich Nhat Hanh

 

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