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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Page 88
... golden Lotus of the Lord's Compassion . With white roots deep in the slime of this sad world , And huge green leaves spread on the surface of the waters of the Lake of Tears , And surrounded by myriads of silver lotus - buds , Like ...
... golden Lotus of the Lord's Compassion . With white roots deep in the slime of this sad world , And huge green leaves spread on the surface of the waters of the Lake of Tears , And surrounded by myriads of silver lotus - buds , Like ...
Page 313
... golden head And golden body on the altar gleam . The white - robed worshippers And red - stoled servitors In through the open doorway joyful stream . A thousand days of labour done , Glad faces , as they sit there , catch the evening ...
... golden head And golden body on the altar gleam . The white - robed worshippers And red - stoled servitors In through the open doorway joyful stream . A thousand days of labour done , Glad faces , as they sit there , catch the evening ...
Page 360
... golden - bright , And I could not see you , nor you see me . And so the flower , for both , is all in all , Though each is in the flower , the flower in each , And each in each , for ever , past recall - A mystery this , beyond the ...
... golden - bright , And I could not see you , nor you see me . And so the flower , for both , is all in all , Though each is in the flower , the flower in each , And each in each , for ever , past recall - A mystery this , beyond the ...
Contents
SHORTER POEMS | 21 |
London in Wartime | 23 |
Systole and Diastole | 24 |
Copyright | |
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