Even if previously careless when one stops being careless, one illuminates the world, like the moon breaking away from a cloud.
Dhammapada 13.172
Vata
the banyan tree
and we,
underneath.
Tripundra
and Bindi,
sea
cinders
burning
eyes -
insight.
Anjali
brings hands
to the heart,
just as
the banyan
reaches
from
ash
to air.
Kamandalu,
a simple
brass vessel
that is cherished,
carries water,
prayers.
Tiruvadi,
the shoe
of
the good,
the wise,
who
touched
by love,
rise. Aum.
If seeds (Rudraksha)
cry tears of suffering,
Let our lives make malas of them.
Ganesha agrees, offers as he
eats to share his sweet, Modaka.
Hamsa, the goose, realizes fed souls in flight
might find
peace among the stars.
Dhammapada 13.172
Vata
the banyan tree
and we,
underneath.
Tripundra
and Bindi,
sea
cinders
burning
eyes -
insight.
Anjali
brings hands
to the heart,
just as
the banyan
reaches
from
ash
to air.
Kamandalu,
a simple
brass vessel
that is cherished,
carries water,
prayers.
Tiruvadi,
the shoe
of
the good,
the wise,
who
touched
by love,
rise. Aum.
If seeds (Rudraksha)
cry tears of suffering,
Let our lives make malas of them.
Ganesha agrees, offers as he
eats to share his sweet, Modaka.
Hamsa, the goose, realizes fed souls in flight
might find
peace among the stars.
