Complete Poems, 1941-1994The author has dedicated himself to helping people to transform their lives through his work as a Buddhist teacher and the medium of verse. In this collection, spanning more than half a century, he aims to combine the sensitivity of the poet with the vision born of a life of spiritual practice. |
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Sangharakshita (Bhikshu), Sangharakshita. 146 ' I THINK THERE LIVES MORE WISDOM ... ' I think there lives more wisdom In what the poets write Than all the scribbling fingers Of sages could indite , With doubt and speculation Troubling ...
Sangharakshita (Bhikshu), Sangharakshita. 146 ' I THINK THERE LIVES MORE WISDOM ... ' I think there lives more wisdom In what the poets write Than all the scribbling fingers Of sages could indite , With doubt and speculation Troubling ...
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... Wisdom , as it towered between the earth And heavens in one white and dazzling sheet Of radiance , glittering gem - like as it moved . Thenceforward through a score of centuries , That men beneath its far - flung shade might rest ...
... Wisdom , as it towered between the earth And heavens in one white and dazzling sheet Of radiance , glittering gem - like as it moved . Thenceforward through a score of centuries , That men beneath its far - flung shade might rest ...
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... Wisdom . LXV He must pass beneath the arch of Pain who desires to enter into the shrine of Love . He must enter into the shrine of Love who seeks to gaze upon the face of the image of Wisdom . LXVI The music of my life will come forth ...
... Wisdom . LXV He must pass beneath the arch of Pain who desires to enter into the shrine of Love . He must enter into the shrine of Love who seeks to gaze upon the face of the image of Wisdom . LXVI The music of my life will come forth ...
Contents
SHORTER POEMS | 21 |
London in Wartime | 23 |
Systole and Diastole | 24 |
Copyright | |
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