Buddha suffers no more after enlightenment flips the switch in his brain
Until that moment then, so long ago, no one understood suffering
Despite his awareness, profound as the ocean itself, he cannot teach
Despite the desperate need for lessons by poor souls starving themselves to death
Hunger does not open the gates of pure reason, the mind of excellence
Aretē, or virtue, comes with moderation not the road of excess
Dharma, he discovers while sitting on his ass, under a tree, breathing
How the law of this world in all its manifold manifestations guides
Adherents on the path without losing their way as long as they let go
Realizing the truth of their non-attachment to desire in this world
Manifesting goodness by no longer seeking to set the world on fire
Ancient, twisted karma shows the consequences of our best behavior
Sangha is the body, or the community, of followers, or fools
As no one no longer knows what the Buddha knew, all is speculative
Nothing the tradition offers is anything but interpretation
Given no one is now the Buddha Maitreya, or the Buddha to come
How anyone can see beyond their myopic understanding of truth
Answers many questions as to why misguided fools seek the apocalypse
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