Comparing Is A Devil Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

‘A flower does not think of competing
With the flower next to it; it just blooms.'
Said Zen Shin, a Buddhist philosopher,
Sensing the evilness of comparing.

Comparing with others in their success,
Fortunes, earnings and popularity
Leaves one feeling inadequate and down.
One wastes one's energy otherwise at hand.

The antidote to making comparison
Is the attitude of being content.
Showing compassion and doing service
Is the field where comparing is overcome.

Comparison is the source of rivalry,
Jealousy, hatred and ill-gotten mind.
Compare not with ones material gains.
Downgrade not your child from comparison.
13.10.2019