沾衣不足惜 但使願無違

FOR WARMTH FOR WARMTH I hold my face in my two hands. No, I am not crying. I hold my face in my two hands to keep the loneliness warm— two hands protecting, two hands nourishing, two hands preventing my soul from leaving me in anger. ---Thich Nhat Hanh This was written after Thich Nhat Hanh(一行禪師) heard about the bombing of Ben Tre and the comment made by an American military man, “We had to destroy the town in order to save it.”

小花生 此中有真意 欲辯已忘言

一行禪師的情詩 Spring comes slowly and quietly to allow winter to withdraw slowly and quietly. The color of the mountain this afternoonis tinged with nostalgia. The terrible war flower has left her footprints— countless petals of separation and deathin white and violet. Very tenderly, the wound opens itself in the depths of my heart. Its color is the color of blood, its nature the nature of separation. The beauty of spring blocks my way. How could I find another path up the mountain? I suffer so. My soul is frozen. My heart vibrates like the fragile string of a lute left out in a stormy night. Yes, it is there. Spring has really come. But the mourning is heard clearly, unmistakably, in the wonderful sounds of the birds. The morning mist is already born. The breeze of spring in its song expresses both my love and despair. The cosmos is so indifferent. Why? To the harbor, I came alone, and now I leave alone. There are so many paths leading to the homeland. They all talk to me in silence. I invoke theAbsolute. Spring has come to every corner of the ten directions. Its song, alas, is only the song of departure. *********************************** "I wrote this poem for relief. How could we continue as a monk and a nun and still preserve this precious love?" "Monks do not usually share stories like this, but I think it is important to do so. Otherwise, how will the younger generation know what to do when they are struck? As a monk, you are not supposed to fall in love, but sometimes love is stronger than your determination. This story is about precepts, mindfulness, sangha, bodhicitta, and transformation." ********************************** *和尚最浪漫 ^^

個故仔有得睇架 ^* Caught By Love http://www.shambhalasun.com/revolving_themes/thict_nhat_hanh/hanh_caught_by_love.htm