Goddesses

Seven days of Retreat
with a woman Lama
mostly female sangha,
none of them wearing make-up!
And I watched their goddess nature
come shining through day by day.
Max Factor? Clinique? Estee Lauder?
Tools of imitation of real beauty.

Apply the blush of transcendent wisdom,
the lip gloss of innate radiance,
the base of enlightened View
to release the True Beauty,
hidden behind doors of confusion.
Now wouldn't that be
a devious goad to practice?



May 31, 2001 (2 of 3)