<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=521576" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Prepare the Ground</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'When man is grounded in authentic truth and love, the roots of desire themselves wither, brokenness is at an end, and truth is found in the wholeness and simplicity of Nirvana: perfect awareness and perfect compassion.' Thomas Merton, Zen and the Birds of Appetite</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Prepare the ground.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Begin with new earth<br>and mix my baser soil<br>with falling rain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Find illicit weeds<br>and by their roots extract<br>vain desire.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Raise higher<br>your righteous flame</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and make ready the land<br>for summer's living<br>grain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Steven+Federle">Steven Federle</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=521576" data-title="Prepare the Ground de Steven Federle" data-description="'When man is grounded in authentic truth and love, the roots of desire themselves wither, brokenness is at an end, and truth is found in the wholeness and simplicity of Nirvana: perfect awareness and perfect compassion.' Thomas Merton, Zen and the..."></div> </div> </div>

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