Kelani Viharaya

What is the underside of delicate 
if not the coarse,
what is the reverse of  transience 
if not firm of faith,
where is the resolution 
of opposites
the unity of  the disparate 
what is the name of that mark
whner lay ends and bikkhu begins,
where is the path 
and what signs say 
‘this way is illusion
and that, 
clarity’,
it is not known
but will be
by and by,
it is believed.

[Inspired by the photography of Dileeshiya Ilangakoan]

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Leaf Song

Leaf-days and leaflessness

time-swept lives that came,

stayed and went away,

cloud formations ever re-configuring,

thoughts that strayed

and things that remained

sentinels see it all

but some hear all secrets

of careless yield

and forget

in conveniences learned

for things that come

must move or perish

like leaves that find root

and nourish

in cycles pre-determined

in un-inked long-agos.

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Guaranteed Refuge

Veneration has residences

tarries on fingertips

ancient combinations

of movement and tune

the working on drum

tight whip-grip

replication of lightning

invoking in scripted order

an outcome collectively sought;

veneration is a thread

running through pageant

whispering through music

the festival of sound

a thin light-sliver

stitching devotion

side stepping spectacle

and in the midst of it all

the silent acknowledgment

of enduring giver

of unmeasured strength

assured, assured, assured refuge:

the Dalada Hamuduruwo.

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