Pain without the pained,
deeds without the man who does,
peace, not a one calmed --
not what is “wanted,” dreamt of.
Instead: peace and calm,
deeds and the fame following,
cessation of pain
with the lingering of me
to enjoy it: what’s “wanted.”
Medicine is hard
for constant poison junkies.
What is (not) wanted.
What is Wanted
- Caoimhghín
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What is Wanted
Then, the monks uttered this gāthā:
These bodies are like foam.
Them being frail, who can rejoice in them?
The Buddha attained the vajra-body.
Still, it becomes inconstant and ruined.
The many Buddhas are vajra-entities.
All are also subject to inconstancy.
Quickly ended, like melting snow --
how could things be different?
The Buddha passed into parinirvāṇa afterward.
(T1.27b10 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra DĀ 2)
These bodies are like foam.
Them being frail, who can rejoice in them?
The Buddha attained the vajra-body.
Still, it becomes inconstant and ruined.
The many Buddhas are vajra-entities.
All are also subject to inconstancy.
Quickly ended, like melting snow --
how could things be different?
The Buddha passed into parinirvāṇa afterward.
(T1.27b10 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra DĀ 2)
- Lazy Lubber
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Re: What is Wanted
Wise deeds with the man who does
Surpasses foolish deeds without the man who does.
Surpasses foolish deeds without the man who does.