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Enigmatic Smile
by Alexander Goldstein → (All Poetry by Alexander Goldstein)
Monday, February 27, 2017    Rated "G" by the Author.
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Picking up and holding

For a little while

A while lotus flower,
 
The Buddha Sakyamuni
 
Evoked an airy smile
 
On the face of only one
 
Of his many adherents
 
Who thus illuminated
 
The grand audience
 
With a new
 
Wordless teaching
 
Also known as
 
'The silent awakening.'
 
And what is known as Zen
 
Is only a part
 
Of its pure immensity.

 

 
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Reviewed by Charles Neff
Reviewed on February 27, 2017
The image of tiny as immense and a smile as pure will eventually get us through. A small up-tick and time answer the patient and the modestly perceptive. Or so it seems to me.
Thanks, Alex, for the reminder.
Charlie
Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on February 27, 2017
Zen Buddhism is notable for its contemplative insights, the awakening smile being only one of them. John
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