{"id":4826,"date":"2017-02-03T09:37:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T08:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/?p=4826"},"modified":"2017-02-03T09:37:47","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T08:37:47","slug":"the-buddhas-masterplan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/the-buddhas-masterplan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Buddha\u2019s Masterplan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>JANUARY 21, 2017<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4910\" src=\"https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/01\/22152407\/purelands-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"381\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/01\/22152407\/purelands-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/01\/22152407\/purelands.jpg 306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>PURELAND SUTRAS<\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">Beneath the sea of glistening stars,<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">Between the ethereal evening air,<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">Lies a forest of glowing dreams,<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">But as diverse and rich as they are,<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">None escape the same Moonbeam.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">Under the lucent morning glow,<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">Roll waves of raving emotions,<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">Turbid fortunes and cruel woes,<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">The burning craving of billions,<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">Yet the same Sun illumines them all.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">Princes, beggars and pretenders,<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">All dance their own tango with<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">Fortune\u2019s jeering taunts and tantrums,<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">Each gambles to grapple with fate,<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">Yet upon the same soil they all tread.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">The canopy of a grand old oak<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">Casts a wide and mighty shadow,<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">Ruffling with a myriad of leaves,<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">Adorned by blooming blossoms<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">That sprout in spring and wither in winter,<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">With branches amber in autumn,<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">Green in summer, and lean and bare<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">In Saturn\u2019s season of barren frost.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">Yet for all its lush richness, it still rests<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">Upon one abiding unchanging trunk.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">So even as human affairs steer here and there,<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">And wander and meander like wetland streams,<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">The timeless source remains the same,<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\">For all ripe fruits return to Buddha\u2019s root.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif\">Brian Chung<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif\">Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">https:\/\/purelandsutras.wordpress.com\/blog\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; JANUARY 21, 2017 PURELAND SUTRAS Beneath the sea of glistening stars, Between the ethereal evening air, Lies a forest of glowing dreams, But as diverse and rich as they are, None escape the same Moonbeam. 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