Buddhadharma Fall 2019

(Rick Simeone) #1

THERIGATHA 29


DHAMMA ~ DHARMA


Another day
walking in circles
with an empty bowl.
Leaning on my staff
in the middle of the road,
my whole body shaking with hunger,
what little strength
I had left—
left me.
As I was
falling
to
the
ground,
I saw.
I was the spoonful of rice.
And this
whole world—
the bowl.
You can’t miss, even if you try.
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