Do you love me?
If you have to ask,
the answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’
mean the same thing.
The Christ asked Peter
who answered in the affirmative
and look what happened.
The Buddha did not ask.
He didn’t care.
With the Buddha it was all about practice.
The Buddha asked his disciples,
could they tell the dancer from the dance?
Did they see two instead of one?
If they could-
back down on the zafu
back under the Bodhi tree.