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Migration

Living in far away lands from the one born in,
Migration of choice for money, fame, work, love...
Choices of desire, hatred, ambition or penury.

But, to migrate in ones own land,
Out of compulsion, in helplessness, dispossessed, depressed and depravation... War in people and life within them.

All in the same planet we call home. Both these migrations happen and at the same time. Peace is a difficult word to pronounce and possess, leave alone to practice.

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Buddha Poornima Meditations, 2015

"May kindly spirits bring the rains on time, For harvests to be rich and plentiful. May princes rule according to the Dharma; May the world be blessed with all prosperity. May medicines be full of strength; May secret words of power be chanted with success. May spirits o the air that feed on flesh Be kind, their minds imbued with pity. May beings never suffer anguish Let them not be sick nor evilly behave. May they have no fear, nor suffer insults. Always may their minds be free from sorrow. In monasteries, temples, and the like, May reading and reciting widely flourish. May harmony prevail among the Sangha; May its purposes be all fulfilled. ... May those who break their discipline repent, And always may they strive to cleanse away their faults, And thus may they acquire a fortunate rebirth, Wherein to practice stainless discipline. May wise and learned being be revered, And always be sustained by alms. May they be pure in mind, And may their fame spread far and wi