Blinded by Passions
Blinded by
passions , I
complain
out loud in
the darkness
of my own
making,
not noticing
the one
guiding
the boat
to the Other
shore, not
hearing
in the light
namu amida butsu
The Buddha Within
The Voiceless voice
she calls out to me,
with these lips
& this breath.
Astonished that even
as I am, the Buddha
& I are one.
Namu Amida Butsu
My Foolish Self
My blind self
pierced by Amida’s light
illuminated and dissolved
into the great ocean of compassion
into the Oneness of life
Palms together, embraced
just as I am. each step
with the Buddha,
my truest self,
my Amida self,
the deep flow of the oneness of realty
all beings one with me
palms together and bowing
namu amida butsu,
embraced just as I am.
