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Monk Begging in Shopping District

16 September 201323 September 2014 Warren TangLeave a comment

Recitations
Drowned out
By summer heat,
Rushing crowd.

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Posted in buddhism, otherTagged begging, consumerism, monk, poem, poetry, priest, society, takuhatsu

Falling Leaves

11 September 201323 September 2014 Warren TangLeave a comment

My begging bowl
Accepts falling leaves

A rendering of Santoka’s poem teppatsu chirikuru ha o uketa.

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Posted in buddhismTagged begging, begging round, haiku, poem, poetry, santoka, takuhatsu, translation, zen

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