 drying seaweed - these dancing shadows on the sand    drying seaweed - how many fingers have been whacked off ? |
| haiku flowers - Japanese seeds for the whole world For Taisen Deshimaru who brought Zen seeds to France  |
 the flowers of haiku in the whole world Japanese seeds |
 大根を干す古農家ここにあり daikon o hosu furu nooka koko ni ari  drying radishes at the old farmhouse - thus is my valley ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo Our Valley in a sudden sunbeam  |
| 落葉道 宝の宝庫 なりにけり  fallen leaves and among them fallen treasures  |
 winter walk - I still see flowers on my way  so bright and orange - late persimmons to share with the crows   one last second - susuki grass and my roof  and then the clouds cover it all - winter shadows ! |
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 sacred gingko tree - a prayer falls with every leaf  the huge trunk with the sacred rope  sacred gingko tree - how many tears have you witnessed ? |
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As I was standing below this old, huge tree, camera poised upward, there was all of a sudden a strong sweep of wind and all these leaves kept dancing around me, rustling down with a thousand strange voices, each one saying its own prayer ...
a sacred moment and so unexpected
sacred gingko tree-
each leaf rustles a prayer
as it falls
this is maybe a bit too long ?
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Read about my visit to
Temple Tanjo-Ji, Okayama
The Sacred Gingko Tree of Saint Honin !
It is more than 800 years old.
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銀杏散る遠くに風の 音すれば
ichoo chiru tooku ni kaze no oto sureba
scattering gingko leaves
faint sound from the wind
far away
Tomiyasu Fusei (1885 - 1979)
Gingko biloba tree : KIGO Japan
TREES as topic for haiku !
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Aah, but a prayer always rises !
or
Leaves saying prayers?
Faith and prayer, expressed in haiku
.. Join the Discussion !
Read my Haiku Archives 2007
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 autumn deepens - the unfettered beauty of this Amida temple  autumn deepens - the beauty of prayer in stone  DRAGON BRANCHES  Amida Buddha  |
LOOK
Temple Tanjo-Ji, ALBUM November 2007
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Temple Tanjo-Ji in my neighbourhood
Temple Tanjo-Ji in Okayama
Saint Honen was born here !
Saint Honen, born at this temple ..
by Gabi Greve
Joodo Paradise where we meet again ..
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***** pickled radish, takuanzuke 沢庵漬
kigo for all winter
..... Takuan was a famous Zen Priest, who invented this dish. It is very popular. Zen monks are supposed to eat their slices of Takuan radish without making any noise. There are usually two slices on the plate, used to carefully clear out the bolws afer eating and then munching the Takuan in silence.
If you want to know the secret of eating Takuan in silence, contact me :o) !
The Unfettered Mind. by Takuan Soho
Read my Haiku Archives 2007
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| like this leaf suspended in mid-air - namu amida butsu  一枚の落ち葉のごとし南無阿弥陀 南無阿弥陀仏 |
 persimmon tree - Hiroshige hangs in the branches    |
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