Von allem Bösen abzustehn, Das Gute zu vermehren stets, Zu läutern seinen eignen Geist: Das ist der Buddhas Lehrgebot.

Pavadinimo vertimas: "Viso pikto atsisakius,visuomet pagausinamas gėris, sutaurinama siela: tai Budos mokslo esmė".

Noriu mokytis vokiečių kalbos. Nes kas gali išversti tai.

Deja, turiu tik angliškai: Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) "Buddha"

Buddha
for J.D.

As if he listened.

Quiet...something far...

We hold our breath, hearing it no longer.

And he is star.

And other giant stars,unseen by us, orbit him out yonder.
He is all.
Would we in fact be pleased it he took note?

What need has he for us?

And though we fell before him in the dust,

he'd still be deep and idle as a beast.
That energy before which we're abased

has circled through him for a million years.

He has forgotten everything we share

and drinks existence that we cannot taste.
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translation copyright 2000,2001 Leonard Cottrell