"The Fire Sermon" Annotations
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| − | The title of the section "The Fire Sermon" alludes to a Buddhist speech known as [[Pāli Canon Aditta-pariyaya-sutta: The Fire Sermon]]. In this speech, Buddha relates the burning of fire with sinful passions such as lust, hatred, and sorrow. The sermon is so powerful it frees the Bhikkhus from their passions | + | The title of the section "The Fire Sermon" alludes to a Buddhist speech known as [[Pāli Canon Aditta-pariyaya-sutta: The Fire Sermon]]. In this speech, Buddha relates the burning of fire with sinful passions such as lust, hatred, and sorrow. The sermon is so powerful it frees the Bhikkhus from their passions. |
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To Carthage then I came | To Carthage then I came | ||
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| + | ===[[Buddha]]=== | ||
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| + | A prior stanza refers back to the liberation of passions. | ||
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| + | He wept. He promised a 'new start.' | ||
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| + | This "he" adopts the role of a Buddha-like figure, who promises deliverance from the overwhelming feeling of dejection in modern society. | ||
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| + | The section concludes along the same lines, tying in the burning of passions with the feeling of despair so prevalent in modernist literature. | ||
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| + | Burning burning burning burning | ||
| + | O Lord Thou pluckest me out | ||
| + | O Lord Thou pluckest | ||
| + | burning | ||
