Poems
Poems
TRUE NIBBANA
Rest! God rested on the Sabbath
He is the God of rest
Treasuring and preparing it for us all
Work! Jesus works even on the Sabbath
He is the Lord of Sabbath
Laboring and embodying Divine rest on earth
See! Gotama is not silent
One must see all is empty
Removing and banishing one’s view of self
Toil! Nibbana is within one’s reach
One must become selfless
Abandoning and renouncing all, nibbana is attained
Hear! God speaks to us today
Let us not harden our hearts
Giving up and letting go all our life and selfs
Trust! Jesus gives Himself for us
He truly is our sole Nibbana
Trusting and obeying, we find our life rested in Him
Glossary
Nibbana = extinction of all sufferings)
Jesus and Sunnata
Sunnata is anything
Sunnata is neither a thing nor a condition
But the ultimate potentiality; thus, begetting and restoring all
Sunnata transcends all
Sunnata is both samsara and nibbana
For the transcendent reality; hence, embracing and filling all
God is sunnataic
God is neither a being nor a non-being
But the ultimate Source of all; thus, begetting and creating all
God is Self-emptying
God is both a three and a one
For the triune God in history; thus, revealing as Father, Son, and Spirit
Jesus empties Himself
Jesus can be neither defined nor formulated
But He is the God Emptied; thus, reconciling and enlightening all
Jesus is sunnataic
Jesus is both divine and human
For He is the God Emptied; hence, embracing and saving all
Glossary
Sunnata = emptiness/void
Samsara = circle of births and rebirths
Nibbana = extinction of birth (and thus of suffering)
Job and Anatta
Did Job love God for nothing? He did; God knew so well.
Though tried hard, Job would not give in to temptations, or blame others;
But he would keep hanging on to God even in moments of despair.
For he knew he and his possessions were gifts of God;
He did not conceive himself apart from God the Source.
And thus went praying, “Naked I came; naked I go!”
Did God prove Satan wrong at all? He did; Satan was silenced.
While on trials, no cursing of God, no blaming of God, on Job’s lips;
But only a hesitant raising of a hand to God asking ‘why?’
For he was aware neither he nor God had wronged the other;
He saw no match between his kamma and his losses.
And thus continued testifying, “God is right; God is gracious!”
Must all love God for nothing? Yea; This, God expects of us all.
Sincerely one may ask, “How could I truly love God for nothing at all?”
As both Jesus and Gautama affirm atta by abnegating atta,
So I also must seek to abide by their words of wisdom,
Accepting that I am anatta apart from God the Self,
And thus keep loving, “Anatta I was; Divine I become!”
Glossary
Annata = no-self/non-self
Kamma = deeds
Atta = self/soul