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Brian Taylor is a Poet and Philosopher who lives in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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In Buddha’s sunlit laboratory(or Dhamma chamber),experiments by laboratory assistants(or monks)demonstratethat if you shine the lightof investigationon form, feeling, perception, thoughts and consciousnessand apply continuous mindfulnessat the very centreof the rising and fallingof these phenomena,all things are seento be without a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bamboo Leaves, Buddha Day, Centre, dhamma, peace, suffering, Visakha Puja
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POETRY
Poetry begins with pain(like any other kind of birth)but though it breeds and feeds on earth,it aims at not becoming back again and reaches to the roots of thingsin search of the eternal springs. .
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Tagged Bamboo Leaves, birth, eternal springs, pain, poetry, roots
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GRASS CUTTING
Today a hundred yards of green lawnalong the river promenade,interspersed with small trees and bushes, are ready for trimming.Fifteen men and womenwith strimmers, baskets and long-handled brushesare given the job of creating great cloudsof fine green and brown dust,interspersed with … Continue reading
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Tagged Bamboo Leaves, communal occupation, England, grass cutting, laughing, shade, Thailand
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THE DEVA
Sawang sits meditatingin front of the large Buddha image.His loose top is gold,his trousers gold and green.He has short hair and a pleasant face.He has been the Guardian deityfor five hundred years.In the beginning there were many tigers.The last tiger … Continue reading
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Tagged arahat, Bamboo Leaves, Buddha, Deva, guardian deity, meditation, monk, snake, snake's cave, stream winner, Thailand, Tiger
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BAMBOO LEAVES
Their leaves of grass* emerge and fade;with windblown rustling tongues converse.The grove has grown throughout the universe,spreads everywhere its pleasant living shade;creating north south east and west (the fierce, unending struggle to be best);relentlessly growing.The variety is unimaginable,the sameness unknowingand … Continue reading
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Tagged Bamboo Leaves, human face, human heart, infinite space, kalpa, regeneration, reincarnates, Thailand, universe
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LIGHTING CANDLES
“If I make merit by doing goodand share it with others,how much will I be left with?” “All of it.” “How can that be? If I have a hundred bahtand share it with you,how much will I have?” “Fifty.” “How … Continue reading
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Tagged brighter, candles, hundred baht, light, merit, share, world
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LOTUS POND MARKET
Looking neither left nor right,a proud and sensitive Chinese face,here by the Lotus Pond Market,seems a little out of place.Straight back, head held high,adjusts her hair with manicured hand;red panung, blue-and-white print shirt,manouvres with care her sandalled feet,as though she … Continue reading
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Tagged Bamboo Leaves, Chinese, Chumporn Street, deck of cards, Lotus Pond, market, red panung
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