Reincarnation. Comments

an interesting poem I have thought about this subject a lot. maybe it could be who knows?

an interesting poem I have thought about this subject a lot. maybe it could be who knows?

I know the story that contaminated pork caused an already very infirm Gautama's death, but I don't get the next two lines: He thought it rice and it was? ! ? ! There is a curious dynamic in this poem - something is asserted and then taken back. eg. people won't become Jesus but Mary? As a former Roman Catholic views of Mary have an intrinsic interest but this one puzzles me. Are you toying with the process of reincarnation somehow? I know I'm missing something.