Bhaisajya Guru

[NikolaiI]

Dear Bhaisajya Guru,
Medicine Buddha,

Gently you work your healing,
Which flows into the veins.

Out past the field of knowing,
Past everything, your house remains.

While I seek peace,
You rule unbounded lands;

Your pure, powerful healing energy
heals demons I could never face.

Friend, your wisdom is the common link -
one to another, life to life, all to all.

For those shrouded in the myth of separateness
your courage is the light to banish shadows.

You're a source of wisdom to all of us,
you simply evoke our own healing power deep within,

just as easily, and simply as a child
might break apart a twig.

There's ever a dance of speaking,
of what to say is revealing too much secret.

Friend, your wisdom is the common link -
one to another, life to life, all to all.

No method of secrecy is my method,
and I boldly proclaim your healing prowess.

A hand by your guidance is a healing hand,
And there is no suffering within your sight.

[Haunted]

The pairing of sentences in each stanza is very nicely done, it has a balance as the second line completes the first in concept and images.

very descriptive lines:

just as easily, and simply as a child
might break apart a twig.

and this one I simply love:

There's ever a dance of speaking,
of what to say is revealing too much secret.

[Delta40]

For those shrouded in the myth of separateness
your courage is the light to banish shadows.

my favourite lines. I like the two sentence stanza as they always remind me of fingers on hands...

[NikolaiI]

Thank you so much for commenting.

[dafydd manton]

I love this one Nik. The respect is almost breathable, well done indeed. There are perhaps things about the East that we in the West will never understand, and probably to our detriment.

[NikolaiI]

Oh that is silly, Dave. There's nothing keeping you from enlightenment. :)

Thnk you for commenting.