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2018, 7*, anger, blood, Bodhisattvacharyavatara, fighting, glamour, honour, humility, identity, injury, kleshas, mind, mouth, others, patience, samsara, sincerity, step, superhero, within, world
the self-built hero
has levelled the world
to win an honour
the super hero
has vanquished anger within
with no harm to others;
the super hero
confronts the enemies
as they arise in the mind
step by slow step
disregarding the struggle involved
humble, un-beguiling, true;
after all, when in battle,
injury will occur – I wipe my bloodied mouth and stagger to my feet,
begone, glamour of saṃsāra
Bodhisattvacharyavatara VI, 20 – There are those who take their enemies’ blows upon their chests, (taking them on the chin). It is they who are the victors, the heroes, they who courageously disregard all suffering and pain in vanquishing the enemies such as hatred and so forth. Ordinary warriors are just killers of the dead.
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identity & mind wormhole: ‘… and yet I think I am so modest: …’
mouth wormhole: THE LONELY STREET by William Carlos Williams
others wormhole: allowed all gain
samsara wormhole: all // are // none
superhero wormhole: to arms, then;
world wormhole: early // Minoan & Mycenaean Exhibitions in the British Museum – diptych
Itry but I have a very long way to go. Terrific poem.
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ah yes, me too, but as a Zen teacher might say, ‘a long way to go to be where we are’; thank you, Shari
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I love this poem. What an apt description of where the real war lies: within us. Wow, do I need to remember this today.
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namaste
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Turning and turning
cheek after cheek, and after?
The turning inward…
(enduring inward…)
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… a ‘Buddhist’ doesn’t mean ‘a follower of the Buddha’, but ‘an inner being’
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