Got Mindfulness? » poetry by others http://dennislandi.com/blog joy and pain. pain and joy. give me a double joypainjoy to go, please, and go easy on the pain Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:23:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 [quote] Thus spoke Venerable Sariputta http://dennislandi.com/blog/2008/05/14/quote-thus-spoke-venerable-sariputta/ http://dennislandi.com/blog/2008/05/14/quote-thus-spoke-venerable-sariputta/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 05:26:42 +0000 Administrator http://dennislandi.com/blog/2008/05/14/quote-thus-spoke-venerable-sariputta/ my eyes are not me
my ears are not me
my nose, my tongue, my body and my mind
are not me

that which i see is not me
that which i hear is not me
that which i smell, taste, touch and think are not me

seeing is not me
hearing is not me
smelling, tasting, touching, and thinking are not me

the element of earth is not me
the elements water, fire, air, space and consciousness are not me
i am not bound or restrained by the elements

birth and death cannot touch me
i smile because i have never been born
and i will never die

birth does not give me existence
death does not give me existence
death does not take existence away

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Thus spoke Venerable Sariputta,
Chapter: “Tears of Happiness”, From Old Path, White Clouds, Thich Nhat Hanh, © 1991

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