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Wednesday 26 November 2014

A Dhammapada Etch



Virtue, it is said,
yields benefit
and evil in turn
impoverishes
just as the wheel follows oxen;
and thus we blaze a path
through the wilderness
of our infirmities
and trudge and toil
to destinations
of bliss undefined
but eternal
as is said.


[inspired by the line drawings of Gamini Abeykoon]

1 comment :

  1. If metal can be polished

    to a mirror-like finish,

    what polishing might the mirror

    of the heart require?

    Between the mirror and the heart

    is this single difference:

    the heart conceals secrets,

    while the mirror does not.

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