WindWind InIn TheThe ForestForest Venerable Sujiva HAN DD ET U 'S B B O RY eOK LIBRA E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.buddhanet.net Buddha Dharma Education Association Inc. Wind in the Forest by Venerable Sujiva Published for free distribution by Buddhist Wisdom Centre 5, Jalan 16/3 46350 Petaling Jaya Selangor Tel 03 7568019 Publication assisted by Suhki Hotu Sdn Bhd 1A-2 First Floor, Mayang Plaza Jalan 5526/9, Taman Mayang Jaya 47301 Petaling Jaya Selangor Tel 03 7062833 Fax 03 7062733 42v Jalan Matang Kuching 11500 Air Itam Penang Tel 04 8277118 Faz 04 8277228 Email: [email protected] Copyright © Sujiva All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the Publisher. Book layout and cover art design by Hor Tuck Loon Special credit – Ang Siew Mun & Chu Chee Kiong Contents Foreword ............................................................................. 15 Preface .................................................................................. 16 Ancient Tongue ................................................................. 17 Living in the Present ..................................................... 19 Home Again .......................................................................... 21 Lady Beware! ...................................................................... 24 What’s in a Tree? ............................................................. 25 A Dying Disciple ............................................................... 31 The Dream of the Forest .......................................... 34 It was Murder ................................................................... 37 A Different Pilgrimage ............................................... 40 Cold Paradise .................................................................... 46 Nature’s Curtains ........................................................... 48 Kenyir Lake .......................................................................... 49 i Other than That .............................................................. 50 Langsir Falls ...................................................................... 51 Winds and Waves of Jara .......................................... 52 Lemon Dreams ................................................................... 54 Rose-apple Dreams ......................................................... 56 Great Dreams, Long Dreams, Crystal Dreams ................................................... 57 The Dream of West Lake ............................................ 60 The Poet of Huang Shan ............................................ 63 1. We Come To Yellow Mountain ........... 63 2. The Steps up Huang Shan .................... 65 3. The Poet of Huang Shan ...................... 68 A Poet’s Send-off ........................................................... 71 The Song of the Gorges ............................................ 73 Congqing ............................................................................... 80 Death on Wheels ............................................................. 85 ii Elections .............................................................................. 88 It’s Just Like the Good Old Days ......................... 90 The Station of Life ........................................................ 93 Last Lap ................................................................................ 96 After a Stormy Night ................................................... 96 Solitude ................................................................................ 98 Good-bye Kinabalu ......................................................... 99 The Temple of Forgotten Flowers ..................... 99 Youth and Old Age ........................................................ 102 1. Forgotten Flowers ................................... 103 2. Youth and Old Age .................................... 108 The Waiting Game .......................................................... 109 A Walk in the Hills ........................................................ 111 Romancing with Dahlias .............................................. 113 The Butterfly is Not a Dream ................................ 115 iii Best of Gifts ...................................................................... 117 One for the Businessman ........................................... 119 Meditation ............................................................................ 121 Death Will Come for Sure ....................................... 122 Morning Spectacle ......................................................... 123 It’s a Dog-Eat-Dog World ........................................ 124 Bougainvillaeas ................................................................ 125 Roots ....................................................................................... 126 Insignificant ........................................................................ 129 Concentration ................................................................... 131 A Surprise Call for Mr Busy Businessman .... 132 Fasting .................................................................................... 136 Tribute to Mr Skeeletor ........................................... 137 Eternal Wish ...................................................................... 140 Fallen Flowers ................................................................. 142 iv Barn Owls ............................................................................ 143 Fig Tree ................................................................................ 144 Love Bird .............................................................................. 147 The Balm of Love ............................................................ 148 Grandfather Fig .............................................................. 149 A Recovery .......................................................................... 152 Rain Drama ........................................................................... 153 Noble of the Forest ..................................................... 155 The House that Sorrow Built ................................ 157 Honourable Trees .......................................................... 164 In the Name of Freedom ............................................. 165 Death at our Doorstep ............................................... 167 Spring and Winter ........................................................... 171 Death in the House ........................................................ 172 Cremation ............................................................................. 173 v Return to the Sea .......................................................... 175 Return to the Earth ..................................................... 177 Food Deva ............................................................................ 179 Taiping’s Hanging Tree ................................................. 181 The Wind in the Forest ............................................... 182 When You Left .................................................................. 186 New Year Crowd .............................................................. 188 Mr Kik-Kok Wyatt Earp .............................................. 189 Australia Poems Kookaburra ......................................................................... 192 The Currawong Bird ..................................................... 192 Australian Yogis .............................................................. 194 Apples ...................................................................................... 195 Lyre Bird Trail ................................................................. 195 Sydney Harbour ............................................................... 196 vi Surfing ................................................................................... 198 Hang Gliding ...................................................................... 200 Moon ........................................................................................ 202 Death in Australia .......................................................... 202 Healesville Sanctuary ................................................. 203 King Among Trees ........................................................... 206 Blackwoods Dandelions ........................................................................... 208 Kookaburras ....................................................................... 208 The Three Stooges ........................................................ 210 k notes on australian poems ............... 212 Blue Mountains ................................................................ 212 Byron Bay and Lismore ................................................ 219 Melbourne ........................................................................... 223 Blackwoods ........................................................................ 224 vii D-Day ...................................................................................... 225 Impatient Young Man ..................................................... 232 Cry Baby ................................................................................ 233 Matang’s Clear Water Stream ............................... 234 Boat Ride .............................................................................. 237 The Development of Metta ......................................