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<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Seeing a cleaner dusting a stupa that housed the Buddha’s relics.
\nI wondered what would happen,
\nshould it be left neglected?<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1020610-Ds.jpg?resize=338%2C450\")
<\/p>\n
It will become buried,
\nswallowed by the sands of time,
\nforgotten and lost in history.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1020609-Ds.jpg?resize=338%2C450\")
<\/p>\n
Like a precious relic that is the Buddhadharma,
\nor our Buddhadhatu (Buddha-nature) too,
\nit will be obscured by dirt and such.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1020608-Ds.jpg?resize=450%2C338\")
<\/p>\n
As stupas stand for the peak of enlightenment,
\nthere will be a monument less
\nthat reminds us of this ideal.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1020605-Ds.jpg?resize=338%2C450\")
<\/p>\n
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\nwere a little unnerving as I wasn’t sure if the men were repairing
\nother structures in the compound or dismantling them.]<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1020436-Ds.jpg?resize=450%2C338\")
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\nat the two signboards present.] <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1020607-Ds.jpg?resize=338%2C450\")
\n<\/span>
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1020595-Ds.jpg?resize=338%2C450\")
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\nPrevious India Adventure:<\/span> https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/01\/india-adventures-5-compassion-will-prevail<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"