Guest guest Posted December 16, 2000 Report Share Posted December 16, 2000 And Now For Something Completely Different. Recently I saw this interesting poem in the book Dharma Gaia .. Hope my friends enjoy this tongue in cheek, but deeply meaningful poem below .. love Col The Very Short Sutra on the Meeting of the Buddha & the Goddess by Rick Fields Thus I have made up: Once the Buddha was walking along the forest path In the Oak Grove at Ojai, walking without arriving anywhere Or having any thought of arriving or not arriving And lotuses shining with the morning dew Miraculously appeared under every step Soft as silk beneath the toes of the Buddha When suddenly, out of the turquoise sky, Dancing in front of his half shut inward looking eyes, Shimmering like a rainbow or a spider's web Transparent as the dew on a lotus flower, -The Goddess appeared quivering Like a hummingbird in the air before him She, for she surely was a she As the Buddha could clearly see With his eye of discriminating awareness Was mostly red in color Though when the light shifted She flashed like a rainbow. She was naked except For the usual flower ornaments Goddesses wear Her long blue hair was deep blue, Her two eyes fathomless pits of space And her third eye a bloodshot Ring of fire. The Buddha folded his hands together And greeted the Goddess thus: 'O Goddess, why are you blocking my path. Before I saw you I was happily going nowhere. Now I'm not sure where to go." "You can go around me," said the Goddess, Twirling on her heels like a bird darting away, But just a little way away, "Or you can come after me. This is my forest too, You can't pretend I'm not here." With that the Buddha sat Supple as a snake Solid as a rock Beneath a Bo tree that sprang Full leaved to shade him. "Perhaps we should have a chat," he said. "After years of arduous practice At the time of the morning star I penetrated reality, and now .. " "Not so fast, Buddha. I am reality." The earth stood still, The oceans paused, The wind listened - athousand arhats, bodhisattvas, & dakinis Magically appeared to hear What would happen in the conversation. "I know I take my life in my hand," said the Buddha "But I am known as the Fearless One - so here goes." And he & the Goddess Without further words Exchanged glances Light rays like sunbeams Shot forth So bright that even Sariputra, the All Seeing One, Had to turn away. And then they exchanged mind And there was a great silence as vast as the universe That contains everything And then they exchanged bodies And clothes And the Buddha arose As the Goddess And the Goddess Arose as the Buddha And so on back & forth For a hundred thousand kalpas. If you meet the Buddha You meet the Goddess, If you meet the Goddess You meet the Buddha. Not only that. This: The Buddha is the Goddess, The Goddess is the Buddha. And not only that. This: The Buddha is emptiness The Goddess is bliss. And that is what And what-not you are It's true. So here comes the mantra of the Goddess & the Buddha, the unsurpassed non-dual mantra. Just to say this mantra, just to hear this mantra once, just to hear one word of this mantra once makes everything the way it truly is: OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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