Cold Mountain - Hanshan 寒山 -~ 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (2) ~ Zen Buddhism

[@SamaneriJayasara]

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[@richstureman4229]

Love this channel way above any others…🙏❤️🌎thank you sister

[@tmAcorn]

I had moved into my new home in the Sierras in NorCal two days before the 50 year snow storm hit. Trees brittle from drought were blanketed with a thick wet snow and they and power poles were snapped like bones. It look like a bomb was dropped. The power was gone for 11 days and for 3 days I was cut off from the world with only the burners on top of my stove to keep me warm. Skyscrapper pine trees just missed my bedroom as they crashed on my drive way sealing me off even more. day 5 supplies arrives from friends. Eleven days total without power and nothing to do. No electronic entertainment what so ever. not even a deck of cards to play solitary and NOT once did I ever say, " Why me? " calamity after calamity befell me but my meditations over the years has created a "mindfulness" that took and accepted "what is" as it manifested itself. No entertainment to hide behind. Just myself as I am and I was quiet surprised how well I got along with myself. That's all you have. That's all there is. Just you!! Mindfulness of what is and who you are! It was an ordeal, but also an adventure too! I prayed for solitude and quiet and hoped for some snow :-) One needs to be careful what they pray for. Wonderful to look back at it now. Hard being cold more than it was being alone because I had my "rescue cat" Mr PeeWee with me. We did bond together during this period. So glad to be back online! -Much Love Thorn

[@struggle4747]

Thank you for sharing a touching story. The sierras are a magical place, may the solitude bring Joy and Peace

[@remnant9074]

Amazing story @@struggle4747

[@CooldadFLHTCUI]

That was an extraordinary journey. Many Thanks

[@16antoinette]

Deep Peace...in this strange solitude of your Divine Offering. THANKS

[@jaimes7966]

Blessings from frosty Canada ! 🥰

[@sherrysyed]

Absolutely, fellow Canadian 🤗

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

@@sherrysyed 🙌 👏 🙏 🤝 👍

[@rickahmuty3208]

I wanted to visit cold mountain for a while, then I saw that I was already there.

[@miekeplooijer4755]

Oh, how i love this sort of poems, thank you so much, again, from the netherlands.

[@maxgalinier1505]

May you be happy,peaceful and liberated dear Jayasāra🙏🏻❤ So grateful to hear you always .

[@kevinlee8011]

What a beautiful Ode to a tumultuous Year just passed ⭐️❤️‍🩹

[@Amila108]

So much love, peace and appreciation ♥️🕉️☮️☮️☮️❤️

[@binta6275]

Beautiful especially gentle after the reading of Ajahn Buddhadasa. Beloved Ven. Jayasara you really seem to have a finger on the pulse of your listeners world wide. Thank you 🙏🏾 for this very soothing poem.

[@kevinlee8011]

Dear SJ, Indeed you have been Blessed with a remarkable gift 💝 that somehow was waiting to blossom in the perfect circumstances…How miraculous that those circumstances would be created by a global viral pandemic? How marvelous ☸️🙏🕉

[@vasilikirompotinos4268]

You are my favourite part of my day 🥰

[@yordanostm]

Thank you

[@margjones5889]

Such a treat to have this sweet song in the darkness of winter, Thank you Jaya ❣️

[@atrayeegupta6217]

Heart touching poetry 💖

[@scottnance2200]

Thank you! These are both profound and accessible.

[@alienatedbeing7513]

Very calming

[@dahmanbeck5256]

That was so beautiful 😍

[@DonBrilliard]

Ah, thank you Jayasara - more gems from Hanshan, and perhaps the best bio of any of the masters.😄

[@UltraGinormous]

Beautiful poetry, well read

[@renethomas5757]

Looking forward to New Year already

[@jennamatkowski2367]

beautiful

[@bepkororoti2559]

My fav. Beautiful. Always going back to the first recording, listened to it so many times... Happy for this.

[@rickahmuty3208]

Namaste from texas

[@pchabanowich]

It is so good you came and got us for this cloud-hidden journey - Cold Mountain has those spare things which reveal starkly the clutter of the world, and this old guy finds respite in your guidance again. Always, really.💐

[@lillyteggin710]

🙏🙏

[@DilbagSingh-ox8li]

Traffic unending, insomniac highway, a bar on the sideway,spirt mingling with spirit , who is who, who knows anyway, a day like any of these days,slight altercation, water still water, clay is still clay

[@freethinkish]

So beautiful. So perfectly done.

[@philmcdonald6088]

mirror mind

[@Hermit_mouse]

You reckon Ryokan and Han Shan and the like were actually paccekabuddhas?

[@SamaneriJayasara]

Yup..🙊

[@Hermit_mouse]

@@SamaneriJayasara 🙉

[@felice9907]

"death is fine, too ..." haha, i guess it´s true!

[@Hermit_mouse]

Did he say he’d teach us magic mushroom songs?

[@SamaneriJayasara]

Yup! The notes say this refers to the Four Worthies/Whiteheads of the Han dynasty who were renowned for their Mushroom Song - about a purple-capped mushroom that has great medicinal/health benefits. Not hallucenogenic qualities, I don't think.

[@Hermit_mouse]

@@SamaneriJayasara dubious marginalia, methinks

[@cosmiccowboy3718]

Caught my ear too. Bless the sacred mushrooms. Took 50 years of fighting the illusion before [I] discovered them. And bless your channel. I listen to your readings all day every day.

[@chandradasasapukotanage1126]

Nirvana

[@akarshikhare111]

🙏🙏🙏🙏