Written the other day in haste and stream of consciousness, while listening to the story of the Buddha's awakening under the Bodhi tree. I don't know what to make of it, but I don't judge it. Today it feels like a nice mantra.
May I know my elemental being as awareness and love
Essential self, a self that is essential
A mound of petals
Not reacting, staying in presence
Sipping tea with Mara
One of the most famous species of Banyan, called the Sacred Fig or Bo tree, is the Sri Maha Bodhi [wiki] tree in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It is said that the tree was grown from a cutting from the original tree under which Buddha became enlightened in the 6th century BC. Planted in 288 BC, it is the oldest living human-planted tree in the world, with a definitive planting date!
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