Poetry of the Dharma
A collection of buddhist poetry. You are welcome to contribute by sending your poems to buddhism@ic.sunysb.edu. Click here for a sample translation of the poem on the wall paper.

Last updated (1/18/2009)
 

Readers' Contribution:

Reflections on Food Dreaming that I Climb the Mountain by Bai Juyi (Po Chu-i) Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat-Hanh On Bodhicitta: The Compassionate Heart of the Enlightened Mind by Shantideva The Essential Nature of Mind by Dudjom Rinpoche Please Call Me by My True Name (Thich Nhat-Hanh) Verses from "Admonishments to Physician Yang Nge" (Milarepa) Illusory Dew (Ti Lian Geh) Breathe! You Are Alive (Annabel Laity) On Impermanance (Harold Schaper) Song to the Rock Demoness (Excerpt) (Milarepa) For Warmth (Thich Nhah-Hanh) See Off a Man of the Tao (Chia Tao, 779-843) Three Verses by Han-Shan Te-Ching On Becoming Bald by Po Chu-Yi The Body of Man by Van Hanh (d. 1018) Our Life in this World by Priest Sami Mansei (c. 720) Verse No. 70 (From Stones and Trees) by Shih-shu (late 17th century - early 18th century) Ten Years It Took by Song Sun (1493-1583) Two Haiku (Matsuo Basho) Remembering Priest Quang Tri (Doan Van Kham) Interbeing (Thich Nhat-Hanh) Cold Mountain Is a House (Han Shan / Cold Mountain) People Ask about Cold Mountain Way (Han Shan / Cold Mountain) The Way to Han Shan (Han Shan / Cold Mountain) Mountain Living (Han Shan / Silly Mountain) Quietness (Rumi) You Can Grow Less Beautiful (Christine Longaker) As It Is (Robert Aitken Roshi) Forest (Thich Nhat-Hanh) Refuge Prayer (Thich Nhat-Hanh) The Buddha's Essential Functioning (Hung-Chih Cheng Chueh) The Buddha's Essential Functioning (Dogen Zenji) Saying Good-bye to a Singing Girl Who Has Decided to Become a Nun (Mo Shih-lung, c. 1539-1587) White Hair (Ch'i-chi, 864-937) Too Much To Ask (Jien, 1155-1225) Requiem (Master Wolmyong, c. 742-765) Taking Refuge in the Buddha (Sri Rama Chandra Bharati) A Little Song of Cheer (Bosat) Reflections on Benevolence On the Mind of Metta by Bhikkhu Khantipalo Alone and With-others by Bhikkhu Khantipalo On Leaving Buddha Gaya by Bhkikhu Khantipalo Flight by Bhikkhu Khantipalo Jewels with Wings by Bhikkhu Khantipalo Mouse-men and Lion-men by Bhikkhu Khantipalo Upon a Marvellous Stone Buddha-image at Wat Bovoranives by Bhikkhu Khantipalo On What One Should Do by Bhikkhu Khantipalo On What One Should Renounce by Bhikkhu Khantipalo The Dharma Garden by Bhikkhu Khantipalo Free and Easy - A Spontaneous Vajra Song by Venerable Lama Gendun Rinpoche

I am Buddha? by Jim Hanson The Life of a Turtle by Gary C. Esposito Feet of Surprising Beauty by Gary C. Esposito The Tao - All is Gift by Gary C. Esposito Destination by Mandy Mui Darkness by Mandy Mui Heart Sutra by Mandy Mui Suffering by Mandy Mui