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No Coming, No Going

This body is not me.

I am not limited by this body.
I am life without boundaries.
I have never been born,
and I have never died.

Look at the ocean and the sky filled with stars,

manifestations from my wondrous True Mind.

Since before time, I have been free.
Birth and death are only doors through which we pass,

sacred thresholds on our journey.
Birth and death are a game of hide-and-seek.

So laugh with me,

hold my hand,
let us say good-bye,
say good-bye, to meet again soon.

We meet today.
We will meet again tomorrow.
We will meet at the source every moment.
We meet each other in all forms of life.
Thích Nhất Hạnh sitting on Vulture Peak, India, 2008; photo courtesy of monastic Sangha

This is an excerpt from The Energy of Prayer: How to Deepen Your Spiritual Practice by Thích Nhất Hạnh, published by Parallax Press.

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