{"id":5105,"date":"2017-06-01T21:25:13","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T20:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/?p=5105"},"modified":"2017-08-30T10:02:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T09:02:51","slug":"sikkim-haiku-sequence-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/sikkim-haiku-sequence-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"SIKKIM HAIKU SEQUENCE PART 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5106\" src=\"https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/22152402\/reTREAT.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"200\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><em>(Written by Maeve O\u2019Sullivan on the month long\u00a0retreat with Donal Creedon and Ringu Tulku Rinpoche at the Bodhicharya Retreat Centre, January 2017)<\/em><\/h3>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\">January sunshine&#8230;<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\">leaves still falling<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\">roses in bloom\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\n***<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\nhumming a tune&#8230;<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\">I haven&#8217;t played a guitar<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\">since Kathmandu\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\n***<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\n&#8216;Meditate on the sun&#8217;:<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\">his words on page 99<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\">awash with sunlight\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\n***<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\nteaching on emptiness &#8211;<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\">the wind fills a curtain\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\">for a short while<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\n***<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\nevening meditation howling jackals break our silence\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\n***<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\nchange in the weather &#8211;<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\">three pairs of stripey socks<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\">in the yoga room<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\n***<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\"><a style=\"color: #800000\" href=\"\/\/embedded-result\/658\"><br \/>\n3am<\/a>\u00a0thunderstorm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0its eerily quiet aftermath\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\n***<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\nmorning silence &#8211;<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\">inside, pans clattering\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\">outside, the thrush&#8217;s song\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\n***<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\nthe day after\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\">Rinpoche&#8217;s departure &#8211;<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\">cloudy and cool<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\n***<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\nbreakfast outside:<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\">would you like some scrambled egg<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\">little green spider?<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\n***<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\nchanting from a Hindu temple\u00a0\u00a0St. Bridget&#8217;s Day<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\n***\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\nlast day of retreat:<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\">gusts of wind release leaves<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\">onto the newly-swept path\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/08\/22152429\/IMG_0829-197x300.jpg\" width=\"74\" height=\"113\" \/><em><strong>Dubliner Maeve O\u2019Sullivan\u2019s work has been widely published and anthologised for twenty years. Her collections \u00a0poetry (<a title=\"Vocal Chords\" href=\"http:\/\/poethead.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/22\/poems-from-vocal-chords-by-maeve-osullivan\/\">Vocal Chords<\/a>, 2014), are from Alba Publishing. www.twitter.com\/maeveos<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/08\/22152519\/haiku.jpg\" alt=\"haiku\" width=\"71\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Maeve O\u2019Sullivan\u2019s new collection of haiku poetry, <em>A Train Hurtles West,<\/em> is available from the publisher, Alba Publishing (<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:info@albapublishing.com\"><strong>info@albapublishing.com<\/strong><\/a><strong>). 30% of profits go to Ringu Tulku Rinpoche\u2019s charity Rigul Trust (<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rigultrust.org\/\"><strong>www.rigultrust.org<\/strong><\/a><strong>). You can find Maeve on Twitter (@maeveos). 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