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A Zen Moment
by Peter Dr Lim

This is a pure Zen moment:

the emptiness is the fullness

the nothingness is the ripeness

and the letting go

is the best way to know

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From my book on Zen
by Peter Dr Lim

When everything is nothing
and nothing is everything
that's the moment of truth.

I share the joy and laughter of happy faces,
but sad ones linger for a long time in my mind.

There's a latent candle in every heart
that awaits to be lighted.


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21st Century Zen
by Peter Dr Lim

This is a sure way
of being happy:
laugh at yourself
be a nobody

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Someday (Zen)
by Peter Dr Lim

Some Day (Zen)


Some day we shouldn’t be speaking
to learn the meaning of silence, to free
ourselves of insipid uttering
words to avoid- our infested mind to vacate
to cease thinking and be totally empty
there's time left still, it will not be too late-
a new life we’ll begin to celebrate

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A flake in isolation (05/03/2019)
by Hendrico Valentijn

Dwindling through the air.
I am not convinced it's fair.

From whence comes this cold icy wind?
Ignorance; frigidly frozen.
In aftermath, my vision I'll rescind.
The glassy path I haven't chosen.

The past winter my friend.
In the avalanche I stand.

......

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Recent Zen Poems
Someday (Zen)
by Peter Dr Lim

Some Day (Zen)


Some day we shouldn’t be speaking
to learn the meaning of silence, to free
ourselves of insipid uttering
words to avoid- our infested mind to vacate
to cease thinking and be totally empty
there's time left still, it will not be too late-
a new life we’ll begin to celebrate

......

Continue reading
21st Century Zen
by Peter Dr Lim

This is a sure way
of being happy:
laugh at yourself
be a nobody

Continue reading
A Zen Moment
by Peter Dr Lim

This is a pure Zen moment:

the emptiness is the fullness

the nothingness is the ripeness

and the letting go

is the best way to know

Continue reading
From my book on Zen
by Peter Dr Lim

When everything is nothing
and nothing is everything
that's the moment of truth.

I share the joy and laughter of happy faces,
but sad ones linger for a long time in my mind.

There's a latent candle in every heart
that awaits to be lighted.


......

Continue reading
A flake in isolation (05/03/2019)
by Hendrico Valentijn

Dwindling through the air.
I am not convinced it's fair.

From whence comes this cold icy wind?
Ignorance; frigidly frozen.
In aftermath, my vision I'll rescind.
The glassy path I haven't chosen.

The past winter my friend.
In the avalanche I stand.

......

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  • Peter Dr Lim
    Peter Dr Lim (4 poems about Zen)
    Born in then Malaya, now residing in Australia