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“Even if I now saw you
only once,
I would long for you
through worlds,
worlds.”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
only once,
I would long for you
through worlds,
worlds.”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
“[written 2,600 years ago]
Another Sama
After twenty-five years on the Path,
I'd experienced almost everything--
except peace.
When I was young,
my mother told me
that I would find true happiness
only in marriage.
Remembering her words all those years
later,
something in me began to tremble.
I gave myself to the trembling--
and it showed me
all the pain
this little heart
had ever known.
And how countless lives of searching
had brought me
at last
to the present moment,
which I happily married.
Can you imagine?
We've been living together
ever since,
without
a single
argument.”
― The First Free Women: Poems of the Early Buddhist Nuns
Another Sama
After twenty-five years on the Path,
I'd experienced almost everything--
except peace.
When I was young,
my mother told me
that I would find true happiness
only in marriage.
Remembering her words all those years
later,
something in me began to tremble.
I gave myself to the trembling--
and it showed me
all the pain
this little heart
had ever known.
And how countless lives of searching
had brought me
at last
to the present moment,
which I happily married.
Can you imagine?
We've been living together
ever since,
without
a single
argument.”
― The First Free Women: Poems of the Early Buddhist Nuns
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