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Brian Taylor has been a Poet and Philosopher in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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FULL MOON DAY IN MARCH
One candle is a light unto itself.One hundred candlesilluminate a room.In a room,one candle isa light unto itself. Uposatha Day at Wat Krathum,seven old ladies and one old mantaking eight precepts for a dayto keep the fires of Hell at … Continue reading
Posted in Bamboo Leaves
Tagged Bangkok, Buddha, candle, chicken flu, full moon, grave, impermanence, insubstantiality, light, monks, precepts, sermon, suffering, Uposatha day
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FRIENDLY
Not friendly pretends to be friendly. BuddhaMāraMaya. Frees youEnslaves youDeceives you. You. .
Posted in Ego Ego God of the Jungle
Tagged Buddha, deceives, enslaves, frees, friendly, Mara, Maya, you
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TALE OF A CHAIR
In Ban Pho,fifty years ago,Ah Koh Lai the widowfilled her heartand saved five thousand baht.Pressing her hands together in salutation,she resolved to make a donationfor the benefit of allto Wat Krathum Uposatha Hall. * She sent her granddaughterto Saochingcha where,by … Continue reading
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Tagged abbot, Brahmin Swing, Buddha, Buddhism, burglars, Dhamma Chair, donation, merit, monks, Morality, Patimokha, precepts, sermons, Uposatha, Wat Krathum
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BUDDHA’S SUNLIT CHAMBER
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 permanent … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddha, Centre, consciousness, dhamma, feeling, form, Gautama, investigation, light, monks, peace, suffering, thoughts, Visakha Puja, vision
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TIGER CAVE TEMPLE
By the Temple Gatemacaques lie in wait.They squabble and fight,like chickens, for the bananasoffered by northern Europeans.They snatchbags and camerasand are happy to scratchand bitethe hands that feed them. An enormous limestone hillthree hundred metres hightowers above the temple. A … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddha, caves, dell, fig trees, forest, Guardian Deva, macaques, mountains, Snake Cave, temple, Thai, Tiger, Tiger Cave, Ven Chamnean
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ECONOMIC CRISIS
BE SMILE DENTIST advertises down onSoi Anuman Rajadhon.Next door Anglo East Surety Brokerinsures diamonds and gemstones.Having struggled with the world’s economic crisis,faced with a shortage of government bailout schemes,Anglo East has decided on a fundamental solutionand invited ninety-nine monks to … Continue reading
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Tagged bailout schemes, Bamboo Leaves, broker, Buddha, chanting, demons, dentist, dhamma, diamonds, Economic Crisis, exorcised, government, merit, monks, new robes, offerings, precepts, sangha, temples, Thailand
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HE SAID… SHE SAID…
Gossip and slanderis pouring wateron the earth. A knife scraping a stonedoes not bruise it. Even Buddha imagesare tarnished. How can a man of earthescape censure. . .
Posted in Bamboo Leaves
Tagged Bamboo Leaves, Buddha, censure, gossip, man of earth, slander, tarnish
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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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BLONDIN Poems 