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U Dhammâjîva did not understand the Myanmar expression "Just a bit".
"What is 'Just a bit'"
"Just a very little."
"Oh, Oh."
"I just write a very little poetry. You haven't seen the poem I wrote? Try reading the poem aloud."
"The title of the poem is 'The Trembling Attitude'. If there are words in the poem you don't understand, ask, ok? I'll read them for you.
To guide the foolish Brahman
From out of the canyon
The Bodhisatta monkey king
Exhausted himself.
Then the Bodhisatta
While sleeping on
The foolish Brahaman's thigh,
His head broken open
By the Brahman fool,
Bleeding red blood,
Looked for the path
That the Brahman must follow.
Drop by drop
He showed the way.
He accepted
Great suffering
With the massive
Strength of Karunâ,
Mettâ and Khanti
He did posses.
Noble Boddhisatta.
Wonderful it is
To be depended on by others
Oh, how amazing!
Oh, to tremble!
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