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Western man is not a Stupa To observe architecture is not to be Even if you know why it was built that way Or what it means The iconography symbolizes our differences Rotating to the East where the morning sun is seen Relics of the death of desire walk freely inside It’s shape Earth Water Fire Air Space The purified elements Unknown to those who watch the sun set And to those who remain trapped in their desire And so Do you **** or do you love? Can you be both or neither? Can you suffer without desire? Can you desire and not suffer? Can you love suffering and hate desire? Will you die by desire Will you live by suffering? Without desire You cannot love Without suffering You cannot feel Are you afraid of pain? Is pain life or death? Do you understand the things you say? Or what you wish to be? The mountaintop is so lonely It causes pain in those who need you Yet You Avoid Suffering Is this life? To eliminate Desire? Will you dig Until you cannot see the sun or the stars? What did you prove when you became immune To passion? Is it the way to end all desire? To end all need? To end all experience? To end all feeling? To end all touching? To end all wanting? To end all expectation In you? I cannot end desire Or suffering Because I cannot end life Can you?
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Dec 29, 2015
Dec 29, 2015 at 11:51 PM UTC
Buddhism
Western man is not a Stupa To observe architecture is not to be Even if you know why it was built that way Or what it means The iconography symbolizes our differences Rotating to the East where the morning sun is seen Relics of the death of desire walk freely inside It’s shape Earth Water Fire Air Space The purified elements Unknown to those who watch the sun set And to those who remain trapped in their desire And so Do you **** or do you love? Can you be both or neither? Can you suffer without desire? Can you desire and not suffer? Can you love suffering and hate desire? Will you die by desire Will you live by suffering? Without desire You cannot love Without suffering You cannot feel Are you afraid of pain? Is pain life or death? Do you understand the things you say? Or what you wish to be? The mountaintop is so lonely It causes pain in those who need you Yet You Avoid Suffering Is this life? To eliminate Desire? Will you dig Until you cannot see the sun or the stars? What did you prove when you became immune To passion? Is it the way to end all desire? To end all need? To end all experience? To end all feeling? To end all touching? To end all wanting? To end all expectation In you? I cannot end desire Or suffering Because I cannot end life Can you?
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Dec 29, 2015
Dec 29, 2015 at 11:51 PM UTC
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