Thich Nhat Hanh: Padmapani

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Padmapani

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

Flowers in the sky.
Flowers on Earth.
Lotuses bloom as Buddha's eyelids.
Lotuses bloom in man's heart.
Holding gracefully a lotus in his hand,
the bodhisattva brings forth a universe of art.
In the meadows of the sky, stars have sprung up.
The smiling, fresh moon is already up.
The jade-colored trunk of a coconut tree
reaches across the late-night sky.

My mind, traveling in utmost emptiness,
catches suchness on its way home.

1976

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

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/ Photo by *higetiger /

Themes

Bower

Garden

Heart

Lotus

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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