A Bhiksu's Resolve

My riches are here: Old robes and alms bowl, With these I free myself from worldly toil, With these I sow and plough the Dharma field, And shatter all that wicked Maras yield, My will is here: In wisdom genuine, With resolve to soar beyond the three realms, And sail across the cruel seas of greed To halcyon shores of blissful Bodhi, My heart is here: Amongst Tathagatas, Firm in the lotus pond of Amita, Day and night, it is wise within the Way, Never in dust nor adrift and away. Poem released into Public Domain