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An ancient statue of Buddha

in Thailand was entwined

with many jadegreen leafy

Buddha loving vines

His followers wanted

removed the vines

but Buddha's Atma says

.. more important than

any stone statue..

are living breathing vines

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Poet Da Chen native of
China spoke of his mother's
cooking mooncakes for the August harvest..
the cooking timed by the ashes of an
incense stick. ..

A Buddhist parable
is that a monk leaves
his abode as easily
as swans leave a lake.
A 2nd parable
is that a criminal
reformed by the Buddha
is as the moon which
illumines the world, freed by a cloud.

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last updated 12 October 2010 - 2:34am
©4 March 2002 - 8:04pm — saiom
21 September 2003 - 8:17pm — J-C4113D
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Beautiful!

J-Called