Bill Fell 1/17 – 18/20

So what happens to a controversial conversation (read: sensitive, heated debate) when one’s teacher, respected by many, enters the fray?  Turns out, probably not much changes, as this merely adds one more story line that either reinforces our own view, or somehow less likely, opens up the discussion by offering an alternative storyline.

For Ani Pema Chodron, the Sakyong, the
Shambhala Int. Board, the Acharyas, and
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Called out during walking
  Quietly vacating the procession
    Impermanence

A herald has news
  Best read soon, aloud; all’s
    Called out after final bows

Seeking skillful means from the lineage holder
  An old Buddhist nun retires her title, finally
    Impermanence, with less the viscosity of granite

She’s got cred on my street
  Best to listen, aloud; absorb
    She’s calling out sangha for change

Breakfast crowd turns myriad triads
  Most, not all on each’s Sakyong saga
    Fluid discourse around a tablecloth

After dishes, we each have our minds
  And multiple storylines ensue
    With each exhale, the universe changes
    The old me dies; a new me is born