Good desires>harmful desires (buddha)

A quick look into the teachings of buddha

Everything is burning, what is burning? 

The eyes are burning , everything seen by the eyes is burning.

The ears are burning , what is burning?

Everything heard by the ears is burning.

The nose is burning, smells are ablaze.

The tongue is burning , tastes are ablaze.

The body is burning!

The mind is burning! ,

We are on fire,

we may not not know it,

but we are on fire,

and we need to put the fire out.

We are burning with desire,

right,

we are burning with craving!

Everything about us is out of control!

The three poisons... greed, anger, ignorance. 

These three poisons are making the fire.

The way out of doing this is not to deny the three poisons

but to recognize,

that if you turn them around, you have three opposites.

Instead of greed, you have generosity,

instead of anger, you have compassion

and instead of ignorance, you have wisdom.

 

 

The change must come from within.

A tree lives on its roots.

Enlightenment.

Reviews

[KL]

We gotta grow, true true moo moo.

[Fallacy Pharmacy]

Very beautiful, wonderfully constructed.

[Jas Alejandrino Ramos]

very nice...i like the way you used symbol in describing the idea you want readers to realize and also the symbol you used which is fire...great usage of the symbol fire...a great symbolic poem:)