Saturday, May 14, 2011

Hot Iron Ball

with apologies to jiro...

Facing the dharma is like trying to swallow a red hot iron ball.
In my deluded imperfection, I cannot stomach the whole thing.
But appreciating its perfection, I cannot spit it out.
So you see me gagging in my practice of the way.


2 comments:

MyoChi said...

hmmm..made me really wonder..why is it like red hot ball? bcos it makes you think about things that you would rather not?

Lauren said...

yes...it is ver insistant. It won't be ignored.