Today is Bodhi Day, when Buddhists celebrate the enlightenment that came to Siddhartha sitting under the bodhi tree. Lighting candles and decorating trees are some of the ways it is observed. Here are a few poems about spirit.
The Props assist the House
Until the House is built
And then the Props withdraw
And adequate, erect,
The House support itself
And cease to recollect
The Auger and the Carpenter—
Just such a retrospect
Hath the perfected Life—
A past of Plank and Nail
And slowness—then the Scaffolds drop
Affirming it a Soul.
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
Leucon, no one’s allowed to know his fate,
Not you, not me: don’t ask, don’t hunt for answers
In tea leaves or palms.
Be patient with whatever comes.
This could be our last winter, it could be many
More, pounding the Tuscan Sea on these rocks:
Do what you must, be wise, cut your vines
And forget about hope. Time goes running, even
As we talk. Take the present, the future’s no one’s affair.
Horace (65 BCE - 8 BCE)
The great sea
frees me, moves me,
as a strong river carries a weed.
Earth and her strong winds
move me, take me away,
and my soul is swept up in joy.
Uvavnuk (Iglulik Eskimo, 19th century)
A gentle reminder of how we do things: 🐱🐶🐦
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