To the dull mind nature is leaden. To the illumined mind
the whole world burns and sparkles with light.
~ by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Two hundred years ago Issa heard the morning birds
singing sutras to this suffering world.
I heard them too, this morning, which must mean,
since we will always have a suffering world,
we must also always have a song.
singing sutras to this suffering world.
I heard them too, this morning, which must mean,
since we will always have a suffering world,
we must also always have a song.