Supreme
Master Ching Hai's exquisite new poetry collection, titled “The
Love of Centuries,” is available in the English and Aulacese
now. A warm and elegantly romantic volume of 46 verses express the
poet’s vast heart that encompasses youthful nostalgia for the
homeland, her love for all beings as well as the special ones in her
life, and the Divine love of an enlightened Master for all God's precious
Creation. Among the newly featured/published poems are Supreme Master
Ching Hai's “Please Wake Up!” and “Please Don't!”
her spontaneous soul-comforting lullaby, “Good Nite Baby,”
and first-ever revealed heartfelt odes to the sun, the moon, and the
stars.
We
are deeply grateful to Supreme Master Ching Hai for allowing this
precious new poetry collection to be shared with readers around
the world. Through these deeply resonating verses of universal love,
may hearts be moved and souls elevated.
Preface
With
a spirit of oneness and eternal light of Truth, Supreme Master Ching
Hai deeply feels sorrow for the suffering people in our world, as
Her heart merges with each vicissitude of this illusory human life.
In
such an ephemeral sphere, life is at times like silent footsteps
and forlorn as a boat on the high sea, longing for a return to shore
to find the loving home of yore. Yet the beloved is forever like
the silhouette of a bird that has flown far away from Eden. What
remains is an inconsolable yearning:
“Last night, I dreamt
Of restful sheets and pillows
As fragrant sandalwood wafting through the air
Heartfelt was the time
When we were still together
When our love was still forever.”
(Dream in the Night)
The Love of Centuries is a poetry collection featuring
46 exquisite poems composed by Supreme Master Ching Hai. It conveys
love, reminiscence, and the resonance of a soul sympathetic with
human lives and the fates of all humble, fragile co-inhabitants.
With abounding changes in life, whether lofty or worldly, no one
can escape from the transmigratory wheel of birth and death. In
this uncertain river of life, Supreme Master Ching Hai feels a deep
concern for humans’ plight. Thus, Her verses are imbued with anguish
and compassion:
“Tears dried up and I’m wordless
Weeping in sympathy for the tormented!”
(Please Wake Up!)
Supreme Master Ching Hai’s poetry harmoniously weaves words and
emotions, spirituality and everyday life. Her poetic expression
is gentle, profound, and flowing like the moonlight shining on each
soul’s hidden corners. At times Her verse is like a lonely boat
carrying wishes of love across the river of misery to the shore
of happiness, at times it is pure like the summer rain, refreshing
our spirits in all the paths of this fleeting world. The Poet earnestly
prays for humanity to soon awaken to the True Self, to the benevolent
and noble lifestyle, and to face the reality and henceforth transform
our planet into Heaven on Earth, where humans and all co-inhabitants
can live in peace and harmony:
“O brother, wake up at once
Proudly walk on great seas and rivers
Look straight at the flaming sun
And vow sacrifice to save all beings.”
(Please Wake Up!)
We invite poetry lovers to enjoy the verses in The Love of Centuries
and to experience an unwavering love and a realm of enlightenment
so a longing “to reunite with the beloved” in the heart of the one
away from Home shall endure evermore.
We
are grateful to Supreme Master Ching Hai for gifting our world an
everlasting source of love and hope through Her magnificent poetic
verses:
“To the luminous land of bliss, we shall return
Heavenly winds echoing ubiquitous ocean sounds.”
(When Shall We Meet Again?)
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