Kaddish
Aug 10th, 2009 | By Lane Robbins | Category: Poetry | 427 viewshe died suddenly of a heart attack
which is no way for a zen master to go
which is the way for a zen master to go.
they found his cold corpse laying on the side walk
was he thinking of God?
or of his wife and children?
any unrequited sins?
i do not mean to malign this man -
i sincerely respect him.
but you see, not one can escape the past
not you, and certainly not me
a fully enlightened being is not separate
from cause and effect
a fully enlightened being is most intimate
with cause and effect
you can feel it deep down in your gut -
the truth, i mean
but what is that?
high winds now and then
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About Lane Robbins: Mr. Robbins is a Southeast Michigan native, like many others. He is a poet, memoirist, essayist and photographer, among other things. This man has spent most of his twenties living in and visiting Buddhist temples throughout the world. Now he returns to the social activist milieu in order to save the world. |
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