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An all-night's journey in a moonlit dark
suddenly comes to a day,
a burst of sunlight behind the hill,
the things battled for visibility
fall in a clarity
hidden from the sight;
and where the hill-top was,
 now stands a glorious peak!
A drop of sunshine travels through the thicket and falls at my feet.
I pick it in the folds of my garment,
this little diamond found on the way.

SUSHAMA KARNIK

Attainment  Image Courtesy +Fabien Todescato 

Not seeking delight here and there,
Not indulging in complacent becoming,
Such is the way of the true dweller,
In insubstantial abiding;

Of what good those acquisitions,
Mere adornment to ignorance,
And blinkers of misperceptions,
Of the all pervading non essence;

Should the conceit of attainment,
Obscure your insight,
Renounce it that instant,
With all your might.

Photo courtesy +Nyanamoli Bhikkhu​