Buddha in Glory

No, this is not a math problem. Yes, this is a poem and one of my favorites. Buddha in Glory is one of the greatest tribute to self-exaltation. What inspires me is the fact that the poem affirms the endless and continuous possibilities present to an enlightened man.

Buddha in Glory

by Rainer Maria Rilke

Center of all centers, core of cores,

almond self-enclosed, and growing sweet--

all this universe, to the furthest stars

all beyond them, is your flesh, your fruit.

Now you feel how nothing clings to you;

your vast shell reaches into endless space,

and there the rich, thick fluids, rise and flow.

Illuminated in your infinite peace,

a billion stars go spinning through the night,

blazing high above your head.

But in you is the presence that

will be, when all the stars are dead.