Mindfulness in nature can be observed as well as experienced. Try watching a heron standing like a statue, a hawk hovering above a prey, a nervous deer in long grass.
Category: Stillness Poetry
Stillness Haiku| Impermanence
Reflection One of the simplest objects in my meditation room is a single candle. Yet its flame reminds me of one of the deepest teachings in Buddhism: impermanence. The flame appears constant, but in reality it is changing from moment to moment, just as our thoughts, feelings and bodies are constantly changing. Sitting quietly before Read More
Stillness Haiku| Thinking no Thinking
Haiku ”Silently sitting,listening to the new dawn—thinking no thinking.” From "Stillness | Moments of Buddhist Practice in Verse" written February 2022 Reflection Some poems explain an experience. Others simply point towards it. I wrote this many years ago and, interestingly, left no journal entry explaining what inspired it. Looking back, I suspect I had been Read More
Stillness Haiku|The Empty Cushion
After meditation the room appears unchanged, yet something has shifted within. This haiku reflects the quiet transformation that can arise through Buddhist practice, long after the candle has been extinguished and the incense has faded. “Incense slowly fades-only the empty cushionknows where I have been”From “Stillness | Moments of Buddhist Practice in Verse” "Stillness is Read More
Stillness Haiku|The Buddha Smiles
The Buddha’s teachings are often discovered not in books but in the quiet observation of our own minds. This short Buddhist meditation poem reflects my daily meditation practice and the realisation that wisdom grows through experience, mindfulness and ordinary living. “Each morning I sit,watching thoughts become my teachers—the Buddha smiles still,not from books upon the Read More