Summer Solstice 2010

By Yönten, on June 20th, 2010%

Impatient fireflies
Love and quarrel on the porch
Outside the zendo

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Between Ignorance & Enlightenment

By Yönten, on March 17th, 2010%

Between Ignorance & Enlightenment is an audio CD of eight dharma sermons in English, produced in 2003 by Fo Guong Shan Temple of Mississauga, book-ended by an Ode to the Triple Gem and Songs of Fo Guang Shan.

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Circle Mantra

By Yönten, on January 12th, 2010%

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I’m torn asunder by the world
The violence tough men hurled
Against the fragile glass
Of common sense

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First Frost

By Yönten, on November 14th, 2009%

Canadian geese
Among the water lilies
Only just for now

Karma Yönten Gyatso, Richmond Hill 2009

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Fah Hua Temple

By Yönten, on March 19th, 2009%

Temple doorbell rings
Old monk peers around the gate
And then vanishes

Karma Yönten Gyatso, Maple 2009

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Epitaph

By Yönten, on March 19th, 2009%

Coming through the trees on P’u-t’o-shan
Suddenly the Great Work is set down.
Aaah, what a refreshing breeze!

Karma Yönten Gyatso, Toronto 1985

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the buddha’s wish fulfilled

By Yönten, on March 19th, 2009%

i would like to write
poems without images
probably without even any words in them
these poems would not rely
even on the power of the spirit mantra
if you like them it will be
because they touch the secret altars of your heart

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