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4 lines, free verse. -Gold bowls that swim upstream is a reference to the Buddha, who, before fasting and achieving enlightenment, ate from a gold bowl and threw the bowl in the River Neranjara, saying that if it went upstream he'd be enlightened. It did
Rated: Fiction K - English - Spiritual - Words: 31 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 08-31-10 - Status: Complete - id: 2843579
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In the River Neranjara
I who have praised the tangible fortunes
and humbled myself before temples of wealth
still want to attain knowledge like those
with gold bowls that swim upstream
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