Tag: spiritual poetry

• The Unspoken Teaching

  

  Beyond the boundaries of thought, where words collapse like waves, the Buddha rises from his samādhi—eyes opening on what cannot be said. Infinite, immeasurable, bottomless—the wisdom that defeats all measure. The śrāvakas stand at the transformed city, satisfied with their small escape, calling provisional shelter “home.” But the depths call deeper still. What skill could…

  William Altig

  October 6, 2025

  Chapter 2, Chapter 26, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

  accessible dharma, acoustic spirituality, awakening poetry, beyond language, beyond words, body speech mind, bridge metaphor, Buddha wisdom, Buddhist modernism, Buddhist Philosophy, Buddhist Poetry, chanting, conceptual attachment, contemplative verse, contemporary Buddhist poetry, daimoku, devotional poetry, dharani, direct experience, Eastern philosophy, Ekayāna, emptiness and form, enlightenment poetry, esoteric Buddhism, Faith and Practice, ineffable truth, interfaith spirituality, liberation poetry, linguistic transcendence, Lotus Sutra, Mahayana Buddhism, mantra poetry, Medicine King Bodhisattva, meditation poem, mindfulness verse, mystical poetry, Nichiren, Non-conceptual wisdom, non-dual awareness, One Vehicle, philosophical verse, protective incantations, provisional and ultimate, Religious Poetry, ritual poetry, sacred sound, sacred syllables, samadhi, silence and sound, Skillful Means, sonic meditation, sound as path, spiritual folk wisdom, spiritual poetry, Spiritual Practice, spiritual resonance, teaching beyond teaching, Three Karmas, Tiantai, Transcendence, transformation poetry, Upaya, vibrational teaching, wisdom tradition

• Samantabhadra’s Whisper

  

  In the hush of the later age,where neon nights and headlines rage,a quiet vow crosses the sky:Keep the Sutra, let none deny. Copy each character, slow and true,one Buddha born in every blue.Ink becomes breath, breath becomes light,pages ignite the hidden sight. Read aloud till walls dissolve,recite until the heart resolves.Each sound a shrine, each…

  William Altig

  September 30, 2025

  Chapter 28, poems, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

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• The Bodhisattva’s Mirror

  

  In the Sahā-World’s [1] swirling mist,Where suffering and joy coexist,A Bodhisattva’s [2] form appears,Reflecting all, dispelling fears. Like moonlight on a placid lake,Or petals that the wind may shake,This being shifts from shape to shape,A master of the skillful drape. In teacher’s robes or child’s small frame,In stranger’s guise—no two the same.Yet wisdom’s light shines…

  William Altig

  March 26, 2025

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