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Cherry Tree: Flag of India
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Hindu CHERRY TREE FLAG OF INDIA
Cherry Tree
with blooms white
in the spring
and leaves summer
greening
.. turning flame orange
in the fall..
withdrawing to
meditate in the winter..
you remind me of
the flag of nonviolent Bharat.
DEITY IN THE TEMPLE
Krishna, the dark seed,
Icon installed
in the temple..
of the apple..
in its aperture
.. foiled is the deep brown
by the light fruit
..
He, the Deity, will quicken
.. when given the attention
of the sun, the rain,
and Mother Earth
WHAT CAN HE NOT DO?
the rope to tie Krishna
by His sankalpa grows smaller
the sari to clothe Droupadi
by His sankalpa
grows larger
What miracle can the Avatar
not perform?
("The rope she brought was found too short; so, she went in and brought another, for being knotted onto the first. She had to do this, again and again, for, however long the rope, Krishna seemed to grow so big that it would not reach round Him." from http://www.vahini.org/downloads
Bhagavatha Vahini)
