Vignette

Transcend

Transcend the world

each moment with your

presence, a leaf blowing

across the pavement

golden as the Trashigang Dzong

sparkling like the jewel in the lotus

reflected as awe

for the precious master of now  

Formless

tatata roll greasy prayer wheels

for the unmanifested maitreya

riding on an elephant

into Buddha Nature.

dunk in the formless waters

of Burning Lake

to unlock the temple

within us all

called the ONE

Vignette

I was walking through the village at night when I came across Sangay Dema the cutest little girl with the face of an Eskimo. Every time I see her I am reminded about all that is pure in the world. I asked what she was doing and she pointed to her sister and said in impeccable English, “my sister is passing  stool in the street because she is afraid of the demon in the toilet.” That is village life in a nutshell.

Four Friends VIcky, Ian, Becky, and Tim, overlooking Trashigang Dzong 2012