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  • Sura 111 Rewriting (in my poetry) and commentary.
     OP - October 27, 2011, 01:15 AM
    Homage to all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
    Who existed and exist and shall exist.

    The following is a rewriting of Sura 111 in octosyllabic lines. Sura 111 is beautiful: concise, to the point, and (probably inadvertantly), disgustingly violent. How can one who reads the sura, obviously intended for a specific individual, can continue to hold the Qu'ran to be timeless in its wisdom is beyond me. But many things are. Huh? wacko lipsrsealed

    LAHAB‘S FATHER WILL PERISH.
    HIS WEALTH SHALL NOT AVAIL HIM
    AS HE BURNS IN GOD‘S FIRE.
    AND HIS WIFE, THE WOOD CARRIER,
    WILL HAVE A PALM-FIBRE HALTER
    KNOTTED AROUND HER STRAIGHT, STRONG NECK.

    Even if I were to live for kalpa kalpas as my current self,
    Still I would not understand why folks often behave as they behave.

    Words Spoken by a Theravada Bhikkhuni on Mars to a Redbeardian Warlord Possessing Much Wealth

    MOST SAY SHIPS, SOME SAY HORSES, FEW SAY WOMEN
       ARE WHAT I DESIRE MOST IN ALL THE WORLD.
    HOW THESE PEOPLE ARE MISGUIDED IN THEIR THOUGHTS!
       FOR ENLIGHTENMENT MAKES ALL SEEM TRIVIAL.

    Interested in Buddhism? Check out http://www.accesstoinsight.org/!
    Consider Nalanda University, and never let it happen again.
  • Re: Sura 111 Rewriting (in my poetry) and commentary.
     Reply #1 - October 27, 2011, 01:25 AM
    fyi.. its "PERISH" not "PARISH"

    carry on....
    When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
    Helen Keller
  • Re: Sura 111 Rewriting (in my poetry) and commentary.
     Reply #2 - October 27, 2011, 01:42 AM
    Many thanks, but this is my whole work. I was hoping to trigger discussion of this parochial sura, and decided to write poetry surrounding it.
    Interested in Buddhism? Check out http://www.accesstoinsight.org/!
    Consider Nalanda University, and never let it happen again.
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