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Blessings and Prostrations
by Gerry Sarnat


With a lion’s roar and deep mindful breath
Plum Village announced that Venerable Zen Master
Thich Nhat Hanh experienced a severe brain hemorrhage.

Thay, who established a community in France
when forced out of Viet Nam during its long war,
has been well cared for in a Bordeaux hospital’s ICU.

Having received the world’s healing energy,
loving-kindness, compassion; our Beloved Teacher’s
coma has responded to the Buddha’s message, Wake Up.

Although not yet speaking, Thay’s recovered
his smile: the sangha eagerly awaits what he brings back
from having visited the refuge on the other side of the river.