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Jan 2016
I turn the corner
in my car—the ‘stray’ dog! Smiles—
Makes way—I smile back…

[Smack in front! Sorry—
he said—and moved to the side—
it’s all right, I said,

releasing the foot on the brake.]
Does a dog have Buddha nature or not, a monk asked Chao-chau.
He does not, Chao-chau replied
--Zen koan
P Venugopal
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P Venugopal  Trivandrum, Kerala, India
(Trivandrum, Kerala, India)   
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