<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I love your beautiful poem Riantee! And thanks for sharing the others too!<div>Love, Roz<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 16, 2022, at 9:03 AM, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Poems read at Mastery:</span></font><br class=""></blockquote><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>One of mine Night Lover</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and Two Ch’an poems<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><b class=""><span class=""><span style="font-family:"Courier New"" class=""><span class=""><span style="text-decoration:none" class=""> </span></span></span></span></b></div>
<h1 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" class=""><span class=""> </span><span class=""> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span></h1></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><h1 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><font color="#000000" class="">Night
Lover<span class=""></span></font></span></h1><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> </font></span></p>
<h1 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;text-decoration:none" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span class=""> </span><span class=""></span></font></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; break-after: avoid; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;text-decoration:none" class=""><span class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" class="">The lover defines<span class=""></span></span></font></h1><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span class=""> </span>our
world <span class=""></span></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span class=""> </span>for
the divine,<span class=""></span></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span class=""> </span>the
divine <span class=""></span></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span class=""> </span>discloses
the lover<span class=""></span></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span class=""> </span><span class=""> </span>to us.<span class=""></span></font></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span class=""> </span><span class=""></span></font></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">The dream of seriousness dissolved,<span class=""></span></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span class=""> </span>we
are all created<span class=""></span></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span class=""> </span><span class=""> </span>and die<span class=""></span></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span class=""> </span><span class=""> </span>in the same instant.<span class=""></span></font></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> </font></span></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">When we cry together<span class=""></span></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span class=""> </span>we
are whole,<span class=""></span></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">laughing together<span class=""></span></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span class=""> </span>we
are one. . .<span class=""></span></font></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> </font></span></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span class=""> </span>and
<span class=""></span></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span class=""> </span>pricking
the sky <span class=""></span></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span class=""> </span><span class=""> </span>the stars frolic<span class=""></span></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span class=""> </span><span class=""> </span>with the night lover.<span class=""></span></font></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span class=""> </span><span class=""></span></font></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span class=""> </span>A
divine chuckle.<u class=""><span class=""></span></u></font></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class=""> </u></font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class=""> </u></font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class=""><span class=""> </span><span class=""></span></u></font></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span style="font-size:10pt" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class="">Two
Ch’an poems<span class=""></span></u></font></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class=""> </u></font></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class="">Nature<span class=""></span></u></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class=""> </u></font></span></p><div style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class="">The nature of the Diamond Sutra is
empty nature.<span class=""></span></u></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class="">The meaning of
Dharma is no-nature.<span class=""></span></u></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class=""> </u></font></span></p><div style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class="">Everything we see is nature.<span class=""></span></u></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class=""> </u></font></span></p><div style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class="">Nature is not different from
emptiness<span class=""></span></u></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class="">emptiness is not
different from nature.<span class=""></span></u></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-indent:0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class=""> </u></font></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class="">The solution:<span class=""></span></u></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class="">Emptiness
and not-emptiness are all of nature.<b class=""><span class=""><span style="font-family:"Courier New"" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></b></u></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><b class=""><span class=""><span style="font-family:"Courier New"" class=""><span class=""><span style="text-decoration:none" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class=""> </u></font></span></span></span></span></b></div>
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<h1 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";text-decoration:underline" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> </font></span></span></h1>
<h1 style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";text-decoration:underline" align="center" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Frost Plum<span class=""></span></font></span></h1>
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<h1 style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";text-decoration:underline" align="center" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">I counted<span class=""></span></font></span></h1>
<h1 style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";text-decoration:underline" align="center" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">on two or three<span class=""></span></font></span></h1>
<h1 style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";text-decoration:underline" align="center" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">twigs<span class=""></span></font></span></h1><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class="">ice flowers<span class=""></span></u></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" align="center"><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class=""> </u></font></span></p><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class="">newly dressed<span class=""></span></u></font></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class="">by the wind<span class=""></span></u></font></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class="">it grows<span class=""></span></u></font></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class="">lovelier<span class=""></span></u></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" align="center"><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class=""> </u></font></span></p><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class="">clear twilight<span class=""></span></u></font></div><div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class="">shines<span class=""></span></u></font></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class="">shallow shadows<span class=""></span></u></font></div><div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class="">approch<span class=""></span></u></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;text-indent:0.5in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" align="center"><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class=""> </u></font></span></p><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class="">No ignorance<span class=""></span></u></font></div><div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class="">and
no ending of ignorance<span class=""></span></u></font></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class="">until we come to no
old age<span class=""></span></u></font></div><div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class="">and
death<span class=""></span></u></font></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class="">and no ending of old
age<span class=""></span></u></font></div><div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><u class="">and
death.<span class=""></span></u></font></div>
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