Duhkha*
life seems so easy
amidst soft summer breezes
keep an eye upon the future:
ice, rain, snow
danger from within: illness, pride, sin
danger from without: war, diease,,wipeout
Buddhas of Bamiyan hewn directly
from sandstone cliffs
destroyed by the Afghan Taliban
after 2000 years,
in the name of God
what an irony
for the close-minded Mullahs
their destruction of the Buddhas
serves to shows us once again
how humans crave
& cling to impermanent things
incapable of satisfying us
just bring us more suffering.
amidst soft summer breezes
keep an eye upon the future:
ice, rain, snow
danger from within: illness, pride, sin
danger from without: war, diease,,wipeout
Buddhas of Bamiyan hewn directly
from sandstone cliffs
destroyed by the Afghan Taliban
after 2000 years,
in the name of God
what an irony
for the close-minded Mullahs
their destruction of the Buddhas
serves to shows us once again
how humans crave
& cling to impermanent things
incapable of satisfying us
just bring us more suffering.
* – Duḥkha (/ˈduːkə/; Sanskrit:दुःख; Pāli: dukkha) is an important Buddhist concept, commonly translated as “suffering”, “pain”, “unsatisfactoriness” or “stress”. It refers to the fundamental unsatisfactoriness and painfulness of mundane life.
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Red Brick Keshner
Sat 11th Jan 2025 23:49
That is a strong term which also means impoverished with the nuance of destitution. Potent stuff here.