True Heritage

Like an old friend, Nicolas Iglesias
a friend you may have forgotten momentarily,
but whom you remember with joy,
whom you greet with an expressive hug,
like this is one’s own purification
when a word of Dhamma is heard,
when a Blessed One’s image is seen.

Like a constant shadow,
like a never-ending warmth.
is freedom from saṅkhāras.
Unfathomably grateful,
we meditate.