Thursday, August 8, 2013

Just like a blind man

Just like a blind man
Discovering a jewel in a heap of rubbish,
Likewise, by some coincidence,
An Awakening Mind has been born within me.

It is the supreme ambrosia
That overcomes the coverignty of death,
It is the inexhaustible treasure
That eliminates all the poverty in the world.

(A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, ch. 3, v. 28-29, trans.  Stephen Batchelor)


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