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10/04/2009

Amida no namida

　　
　　




02 cedar tree tears



古杉や涙涙の南無阿弥陀


old cedar tree -
namida namida no
namu amida




03 more tears







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namida means tears in English.


Namu Amida ... The Amida Prayer



This tree is more than 1000 years old!
It stands in the precincts of our temple

. 両山寺　Temple Ryoosan-Ji 　




old cedar tree -
with tears in my eyes
I pray to Amida



. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2009


Tear, tears (namida) Japan. Träne, Tränen


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9 comments:

  1. anonymous06 October, 2009

    This should be submitted to a journal.
    R.W.

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  2. Anonymous06 October, 2009

    Buddha's tears
    beautiful !

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  3. anonymous06 October, 2009

    A weeping cedar a thousand years old.
    Truly remarkable, Gabi. Thank you.
    J.

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  4. Anonymous06 October, 2009

    Lovely Gabi
    B.

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  5. Anonymous06 October, 2009

    This is lovely...I have not yet seen a bilingual haiku. Nice.
    What does "namu" mean?
    W.

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  6. Gabi Greve06 October, 2009

    The Amida Prayer, Namu Amida Butsu

    　南無阿弥陀仏

    Buddha Amitabha vowed to save all beings, even those who have committed serious transgressions. This vow prompted Saint Shinran, the founder of the True Pure Land school of Buddhism, to write,
    "A good person will be reborm; how much more so the evil person."
    This belief in the power of Amitabha to save every person, no matter what their faults, gave rise to the sects of the Pure Land and True Pure Land and to the pratice of nembutsu prayer, the chanting of the sentence,
    "Namu Amida Butsu," "I venerate Amida Buddha,"
    as a way to achieve salvation.

    This is on of the prayers that appears in various versions in many haiku of Issa, who was a member of the Pure Land Sect. His trust in Amida Buddha was great.

    More is here in my BLOG.
    I hope it helps you to understand many haiku of Issa.
    http://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2006/11/namu-amida-butsu.html

    Gabi

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  7. anonymous06 October, 2009

    Thank you, Gabi!
    Truly settling on this gray morning in a polluted city. Thank you. It is rejeuvenating to come on the forum this morning and find this explanation. Good day to you.
    W.

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  8. Anonymous06 October, 2009

    This quite beautiful Gabi,
    I love the use of prayer.
    J.

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  9. facebook06 October, 2009

    Ella Wagemakers:
    I will try to paint this one day soon, Gabi. It is very beautiful. Thank you for posting it here.

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