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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... A Man was Walking Behind Me ... ' 368 " The Past is in the Mind ... ' 369 The Great Things of Guhyaloka 371 An Old Story 372 Time and Eternity 373 Birds and Their Gods 377 Muchalinda 379 Diptych 380 For P - on Solitary Retreat 382 The Gods.
... A Man was Walking Behind Me ... ' 368 " The Past is in the Mind ... ' 369 The Great Things of Guhyaloka 371 An Old Story 372 Time and Eternity 373 Birds and Their Gods 377 Muchalinda 379 Diptych 380 For P - on Solitary Retreat 382 The Gods.
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... GODS The gods , throned in their radiant overworld , Are loath to spare a thought for human care , But drain the blissful nectar unaware Of human labours to perdition hurled , And human lives away in shipwreck whirled , And human hearts ...
... GODS The gods , throned in their radiant overworld , Are loath to spare a thought for human care , But drain the blissful nectar unaware Of human labours to perdition hurled , And human lives away in shipwreck whirled , And human hearts ...
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... gods , Or goblins filch it from the secret place , Or heirs unloved bear it by stealth away . For when exhausted all one's merit is That heap of treasure wholly perisheth . But by much giving and by righteousness , By self - control and ...
... gods , Or goblins filch it from the secret place , Or heirs unloved bear it by stealth away . For when exhausted all one's merit is That heap of treasure wholly perisheth . But by much giving and by righteousness , By self - control and ...
Contents
SHORTER POEMS | 21 |
London in Wartime | 23 |
Systole and Diastole | 24 |
Copyright | |
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