the freezing morning rain has let up,

what should I do?

fetch water? chop firewood? gather winter greens?

Ryokan

brazos cliffs, fall







...

..light filters easily through the pines and oaks-

Ryokan

no more houses to beg from
clouds on the mountain

santoka Taneda

Sandia Mountains, NM

November sunset Sandia Mountains, NM

We live on the sun's playground

Hafiz

ponderosa pine and aspen, Jemez Mountains

The mountain I live on

nobody knows

inside the clouds

it's always deserted

-From the Collected songs of Cold Mountain

fall Jemez Mountain canyon NM

how many falls have I spent on Cold Mountain

humming songs to myself without any cares

nibbling a gatha whenever I am hungry

smoothing the mind-ground leaning against rock

-from the Collected Songs of Cold Mountain

pine trees 

with branches all drooping

                                                           Santoka Taneda

fall Brazos Canyon 

once out of town
moon
and a long bridge

Santoka Taneda

Japanese garden Albuquerque Botanical Garden

Came along
a mountain path
talking to myself

Santoka Taneda

Dawn foothills, Sandia Mountains, NM

Tree leaves shining
all autumn clouds now

Santoka Taneda

Fall
 Anderson Field, Los Ranchos, NM

The moon goes behind it
still the tree shadow

Santoka Taneda

Brazos Cliffs evening time

Out of the wind

caw caw

crows

Santoka Taneda

this trip 
likely the one I'll die on
dandelions gone to fuzz

Santoka Taneda

I walk and grass seeds
I sit and grass seeds

Santoka Tandeda

I see the sun off beyond the mountains

and eat my lunch

Santoka Taneda

Brazos Cliffs Chama NM

rocks and large cliffs
covered with crimson leaves

Santoka Taneda

Brazos Cliffs, northern New Mexico

I roll on my back
and there's the blue sky

Santoka Taneda

Heron Lake, Northern NM

Clouds hurry
and turn it into 
a good moon

Santoka Taneda

Bill Creek, Sandia Mountains

A butterfly 

from back to front

fluttering

Santoka Taneda

 Bill Creek, Sandia Mountains

searching for what

I walk in the wind

Santoka Taneda

No path but this one
I walk alone

Santoka Taneda

spring Sandia Mountians

Around me all grasses
every one blooming

Santoka Taneda

Anderson Field Albuquerque

The sun at its most intense
one leaf falls

Santoka Taneda

sunset Florence Oregon fall 2014

Once you die
weeds rain falls 

Santoka Taneda

the small Buddha statue
rained on for the sake of human beings

Santoka Taneda

cherry blossoms
at their peak
a prison

Santoka Taneda

springtime Albuquerque botanic garden 

obediently blooming
becoming white flowers

Santoka Taneda

using a stone for a pillow
I drift toward the clouds

Santoka Taneda

heron lake, NM

I have uploaded the video of the performance/installation "The Feel of the Needle: The Rakusu Project".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9B64y9t-tE

You can see a few more images on  my website.
http://annecooperstudio.com/ACOG%20one.html

OF course, all haikus by Santoka Taneda....

leaves of  the tree falls/ I walk on and on
Nepalese lokta paper, Chinese pistache leaves

a soft whirling drunk/ a scattering of leaves
tissue paper, cottonwood branch, graphite

beneath the river of heaven, the drunkard dances
all night
Nepalese lokta paper, black ink, vellum

flowing down the mountain steepness
the bright water

Santoka Taneda

Aguirre Spring, Organ Mountains New Mexico

aspen, Sandia Mountains

Stretching out their branches
the winter trees

Santoka Taneda

Mountain quietness
the white flower

Santoka Taneda

January 30th I posted, on this blog, a link to my husband's (Richard Boyle) upcoming book being published by Columbia University Press. 

He has been a Zen Buddhist student for 45 years. As a social scientist and a practicing Buddhist he's been interested in the experience of awakening, or enlightenment, or satori. There are many names for this state of clarity that can be experienced. 

He also has started a blog where he posts his current thoughts and writings on the subject. Please visit him here...
http://richardboyleblog.blogspot.com/

The brightness of snow
everywhere the quietness

Santoka Teneda

Sandia Mountains late winter day

Bees butterflies grasses
so many blooming

santoka taneda

Brazos cabin meadow summer 2014

In June of this year,  My husband, Richard Boyle's book will be released by Columbia University Press

REALIZING AWAKENED CONSCIOUSNESS

INTERVIEWS WITH BUDDHIST TEACHERS AND A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE MIND

Visit the link below for details.

http://cup.columbia.edu/book/realizing-awakened-consciousness/9780231170758

Brazos cliffs and cabin view

 petroglyph national monument, Albuquerque

snake
sunning himself
get back in your hole!


santoka teneda

no more doors to beg
clouds o'er the mountains

Bosque del Apache, NM

santoka teneda

far far away
birds fly over
snowy mountains

santoka teneda

Bosque del Apache, NM

out of the wind 
caw caw crow

santoka teneda

Bosque del Apache, NM