Polyamorous
monk and nun
along celibacy
multiple lovers
after lifetimes
on both sides
monogamous
or else celibate
let go exclusive
mono and poly
for good nature
to include it all
divine they are
animals of sorts
otter, fox, giraffe
cats and dogs
big elephants
snail and slug
turtle and lizard
as human being
can indeed let go
of all these games
of nuns and monks
masters and slaves
and finally wake up
to the emptiness
of the fullness
of the divine.
“Hear the cries of the world?” — Oṃ maṇi padme hūm̐
Polyamorous monk purged empty and still
“When one enters the monastic life, the first thing one is given to learn is a short verse to be recited every morning, as follows:
Do no evil deed with body, speech, or mind;
Give no trouble to any being in the world.
With right thought, see the emptiness of the realm of desire;
And keep your distance from unhelpful asceticism.“
“All is empty and also that what understands emptiness and the emptiness that is understood are empty as well… All phenomena are understood to be empty.”
“I began with a practice based on the enlightened nature of hearing. First I redirect my hearing inward in order to enter the current of the sages. Then external sounds disappeared. With the direction of my hearing reversed and with sounds stilled, both sounds and silence ceased to arise. So it was that, as I gradually progressed, what I heard and my awareness of what I heard came to an end. Even when that state of mind in which everything had come to an end disappeared, I did not rest. My awareness and the objects of my awareness were emptied, and when that process of emptying my awareness was wholly complete, then even that emptying and what had been emptied vanished. Coming into being and ceasing to be themselves ceased to be. Then the ultimate stillness was revealed.”
“Purge yourself… to the point that you have purged even the act of purging.”
— The Śūraṅgama Sūtra, A New Translation, Buddhist Text Translation Society, p. 211 commentary by Hsūan Hua 宣化, p. 215 Subhūti 须菩提, pp. 234-235 Avalokiteśvara / Guanshiyin 觀世音, p. 266
Polyamorous monks and nuns awakening
