What is a Haiku?

A haiku is not a poem, it is not literature; it is a hand beckoning, a door half-opened, a mirror wiped clean. It is a way of returning to nature, to our moon nature, our cherry blossom nature, our falling leaf nature, in short, to our Buddha nature. It is a way in which the cold winter rain, the swallows of evening, even the very day in its hotness, and the length of the night, become truly alive, share in our humanity, speak their own silent and expressive language. – R. H. Blyth

Beautiful. Thanks Y.

ListeningLounge – Gift Certificates

ListeningLounge – Gift Certificates
Buy Gift Certificate(s)
1. You specify who you want to buy gift certificate(s) for, and how much money goes to each certificate
2. We can either e-mail the gift certificate redemption codes to the recipient(s), or you can have the codes sent to you so that you can write the code in a nice looking card and deliver it yourself.
3. When the recipient visits this site, he or she types in the redemption code during the checkout process to redeem all or some of the value. (Any remaining value can be used later using the same redemption code.)

How many gift certificates do you want to buy? This will make a great gift for your friends – also easy gift-giving for larger groups of recipients, corporate gifts etc…