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When you find yourself with a long hard beak
And black feathers and a tail on your body
WOE! Shiver with fear…you are no longer human
For you have been reborn as a crow!
When you find yourself with an ugly snout
And fat juicy meat fit for the dining table
WOE! Shiver with fear…you are no longer human
For you have been reborn as a pig!
When you find your limbs all gone
Having a long tongue and body covered with scales
WOE! Shiver with fear…you are no longer human
For you have been reborn as a snake!
When your belly grows big as a drum
And your neck and mouth become very tiny
WOE! Shiver with fear…you are no longer human
For you have been reborn as a hungry ghost!
When you find all around you burning with ravaging fire
And despite howling with extreme pain, you are still unable to die
WOE! Shiver with fear…you are no longer in our human world
For your resident now is in HELL!
When you become all these, it’s too late… too late!
No matter how much you beg and scream for help…
You have lost your precious human body!
Woe befalls you for endless eons if you do not recognize
The human body as more precious than even a wish-fulfilling jewel!
DON’T BE CARELESS WITH IT!
Written on 26 Nov 2007 5.15pm
after much contemplation on Lam Rim on daily basis.
Now I understand how the Great Masters manage to write
so many "songs of realisations". Realisation here means "the understanding
that fuses and connects with the heart; not just intellectual understanding" as
per the meaning mentioned by Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche. It doesnot mean
enlightenment either.Is this my song of realisation then? It is IF I can
maintain the realisation. :)
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