Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,
We are soon coming at the end of this month of Carpe Diem and we have to go a few episodes. Today a very special episode. Why? This episode is on 'Awakening' (provided by Cathy of Haiku Plate Special) and haiku was to me an awakening to become a better man who didn't have need for a lot of words to say what his feelings are. Haiku became to me a kind of drug ... I cannot without this wonderful Japanese poetry and have to write (almost) every day a haiku or few.
Awakening brought at first the movie 'Awakening' in my mind. It's a wonderful movie with Rebecca Hall and Dominic West. It's a movie on exposing the hoaxs of paranormal sightings. A short take on the movie:
In 1921, England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost. Everything she believes unravels as the 'missing' begin to show themselves.
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| Filmposter for Awakening |
Another kind of Awakening is more likely for use in haiku and that is Bodhi (Enlightenment or Awakening) a strong part in Buddhism.
Bodhi in Buddhism is the understanding possessed by a Buddha regarding the nature of things. It is traditionally translated into English with the word enlightenment and literally means awakened. Bodhi is knowledge of the causal mechanism by which beings incarnate into material form and experience suffering. Although its most common usage is in the context of Buddhism, bodhi is also present as a concept in other Indian philosophies and traditions.
Bodhi is an abstract noun formed from the verbal root budh (to awake, become aware, notice, know or understand) corresponding to the verbs bujjhati (Pāli) and bodhati or budhyate (Sanskrit). Also from the same root are the Sanskrit words bodha (also meaning knowledge or intelligence) and buddhi which is the exact equivalent to the Greek word nous.
The soteriological goal of Indian religions is liberation or moksha (also called mukti). Liberation is simultaneously freedom from suffering and the endless round of existences. Within the Sramanic traditions one who has attained liberation is called an arhat (Sanskrit; Pali: arahant), an honorific term meaning 'worthy' acknowledging the skill and effort required to overcome the obstacles to the goal of nirvana.
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| Source: Awakening |
According to the Buddha the path to liberation is one of progressively coming out of delusion (Pali: Moha). This path is therefore regarded as a path of awakening. Progressing along the path towards Nirvana one gains insight into the true nature of things. A Buddha is one who has attained liberation and an understanding of the causal mechanism by means of which sentient beings come into existence. This mechanism is called pratitya samutpada or dependent origination. The knowledge or understanding of this is called bodhi.
Enough ... science for today. I love sharing knowledge, but sometimes I go on to long. So enough on Awakening ... let's go do some haiku composing on Awakening.
at dawn
refreshed and full new energy
awakening
awakening
haiku brought Buddhism closer
in a few words
in a few words
writing how you feel and think
that's haiku
that's haiku
a strong way to be creative
at dawn
Hm ... not a very strong cascading haiku, but I enjoyed writing it. So I hope you all are inspired to write and share new haiku on our prompt for today 'Awakening'. This prompt will stay on 'til April 29th 11.59 AM (CET) and I will post our fifth Carpe Diem Special, a haiku written by myself, later on today around 10.00 PM (CET). Here after I will give already the haiku which I love to share with you.
kono you na atsui hi watashino kageworeikyakusuru hitsuyouga ari masu yanagino shitade
such a hot day
my shadow needs to cool down
under the willow
