‘Weeping Sutra’

On the fifth day
Of the meditation retreat
And only the second day
Of Vipassana training,
I found myself weeping
How much I missed my teachers. 
“A thirst for learning
Brings tears of insight,”
The Buddha told me.
“Now think of those
Who never find these tears,
Who never benefit from
The loving-kindness of teachers,
Who never learn the path
Out of their suffering.
Let us weep for them together.

May they hear and find us.”

Laurence Musgrove