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Buddha’s Sadness Poem written by Supreme Master Ching Hai
I wish to find the celestial granary To scatter over mountains and forests,
So every bird can be warm and nourished When I see them
in cold wintry days Wings and feathers all in disarray, searching
for food morsels!
I wish to share all the meals, nutritious and tasty
With scrawny cats in the wild, wandering and hungry
Living furtively in abandoned shrines Blistering days and rainy nights, emaciated
I sympathize with the deer and goats on rocky mountains
Roaming all day, not having enough dry leaves Craggy cliffs lonely as ancient tombs
Where can they find sweet grass and nectar streams!
The heart of the Saint is forever in sorrow To vow to save the world, will it ever come
to fruition? On bended knee, I awaken my faith in
a
Creator And implore Hirm this planet to restore�