Ksitigarbha, the earth store bodhisattvaWith his staff he uses to pound open the gates of Hell,
and his cintamani pearl for illuminating all the various realms of hell,
to benefit sentient beings trapped there
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NOT-KNOWING
We do not fear that,
what we usually think of as death,
but the uncertainty, that may accompany it.
It’s the not-knowing that scares us,
because our whole, past life was built upon knowing
– to be safe from the sudden loss of our self,
even if this loss is only seemingly,
because it is not possible to lose that, what we truly are.
Every effort, as well that, what we may regard as very noble,
is ultimately an attempt to escape this uncertainty.
It is the look into this abyss, which bottom we don’t recognize,
we are afraid of,
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