Amitabh Divakar Poet Concrete

Buddha and the serial killer

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                   “Who is
                 Wandering
                Over There?
               Stop at once”
                He accosted
                   Buddha.
           He was a serial killer.
      Buddha had just come out
    From his Bodhisatva Samadhi
  Weak, hungry, could barely walk
 He was traversing the forest alone 
All his friends, disciples had left him
He had no one to share his realization 
He was walking to  Sarnath to meet up
He expected his fellows  to be out there
The path was through a   deep forest
Territory of a serial killer:  Angulimala
Angulimala wore a garland- of fingers
As a trophy, of his slain victims
Buddha was to be his next target
The One thousandth victim of bandit
 “ Who goes wandering there? Stop”
      Buddha’s  iconic  response 
       It changed a civilization -
       Words of  Jnani  Buddha:
     “ I am still; it is you who is wandering”
        There was something 
         In that voice. Truth
         Compassion wisdom 
          It pierced the soul of the bandit
          Karma extinguished
          He fell at his feet 
         Angulimala transformed
            The serial killer
             Thus became
              Buddha’s first
              Follower disciple
              The Kings 
               and Nobles
                  They
               came later.

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