Buddha Path Haiku
To Patna we came
Where the Buddha’s ashes lay
And his stone likeness
To Bimbasara’s
Kingdom, we took a bus.
The Bamboo Grove was cool.
And Vulture Peak,
Where Tathagata walked, rose
Above the rocky plain.
And then Nalanda
Manifested, a university
Of the Buddha. Gone.
To Bodh Gaya, we bused.
Mahabodhi Temple was
A coral reef of Buddhism.
Tonglen Meditation
Taught me that the Tibetans
Know something about Mind.
At Sarnath the Stupa
Rose above our sangha, as
Shantum spread the dharma.
And Varanasi
Hummed like a sitar wind.
“… mahadevi shambho…”
-dennis landi © 2009
