Song of a Former Courtesan

Vimala Theri ("Psalms of the Elder Nuns," Therigatha 9); Mariska Galla; Wisdom QuarterlyKaty Perry (Catty Purry) utilizes courtesan moves for more sales as a singer (popstarplus)  Classic Russian posters (nuffy.net)It is inspiring to remember that from a Buddhist point of view, "Every saint has a past, every sinner a future."    Vimala Theri (Thig 5.2), a Buddhist nun at the time of the Buddha, awakened and, attaining full enlightenment, recorded her experience in a hymn. The Therigatha,...

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Under a Bodhi Tree One Time

Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly (EDITORIAL); Ítalo Silva Cano ("Ohm" photo/flickr.com)An ant crawls along my legI do not open my eyesI took the tiny fruit and fedA famine-diet in my despairA fig a fruit a marvelous thingIts composition some expansionBut what shortcut could undo my rutI breathe out, I breathe inHappiness overwhelms meBlameless and buoyant nowThe breath a wiggle, faint osmosisA trace of refined attentivenessWithout effort, without willAll unfolds, all seems to blossomI would not...

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