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Ramya Jirasinghe

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Love in the Cave of the Buddhas

Posted on September 21, 2017December 1, 2017by Teahouse

The cave roof was high enough to tower Over the trees in the forest that had Grown around these medieval refuges. We were two ghosts – wandering in abandoned Land, apparitions from the future. For we were dying. They, languid and still, The buddhas, gazed down at us, their eyes Gentle, free of judgement, seeing […]

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I was Siddhartha’s Mother

Posted on July 7, 2017December 1, 2017by Teahouse

They carried me into the forest. The sal trees, shaken by our clamour Showered small soft flowers on us. The trees’ slender trunks rose column-like Into the leaves, and everywhere, that scent. He was born on a floor of petals. Later, he will talk about impermanence: Bodies are flowers, fading. Faded, the newborn.

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