The third stanza stands unitary. The signature of the poem. The Self of Advaita. Not the little self, but the witnessing awareness. That which we really are. Some have called it spirit; some, the one. Walt: “apart from the pulling and hauling stands what I am.” The real writer of poems.~Hridaya Nada 2008
A PASSING MOMENT
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This is my rather loose translation of a hokku by Ōemaru, who lived into
the first five years of the 19th century. For a moment,Autumn seen on the
hillsAt ...
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