"The Heartwood" brings to light my personal journey towards becoming an integral being. And reflects the clumsy yet sometimes profound insights of a soul on a journey. This is an intentional path in hopes to become more altruistic.
Grand Daddy Oak
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Craving is the Builder of this House* (Spoken by the Buddha on His Enlightenment)
Through many a birth
I wandered in samsara,
seeking, but not finding
the builder of this house*.
Sorrowful is it to be born again and again.
O house-builder! Thou art seen.
Thou shalt build no house again.
All thy rafters are broken.
Thy ridge-pole is shattered.
My mind has attained the unconditioned.
Achieved is the end of craving.
* Builder of this house: (craving = tanha)
House: body; Rafters: passion; Ridge pole: ignorance.
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