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So Cheap

Adyashanti, Adyashanti poetry, Buddhist, Buddhist poetry, Zen / Chan poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, Yoga / Hindu poetry by Adyashanti
(1962 - ) Timeline

Original Language
English
Buddhist : Zen / Chan
Yoga / Hindu : Advaita / Non-Dualist
Contemporary

I am all hollowed out now
Like a reed.
I gave everything for this.
And still I laughingly wonder:
How could it have been so cheap?

 

 

-- from My Secret is Silence: Poetry and Sayings of Adyashanti, by Adyashanti

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My Secret is Silence: Poetry and Sayings of Adyashanti, by Adyashanti

 

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Commentary by Ivan M. Granger

A satori snippet today from the contemporary Zen/nondualist teacher, Adyashanti.

Have a beautiful day!

 

 


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