SURFING THE WEB WILLIAM IRWIN THOMPSON Artillery shells on the Buddha's Bamyan cliff, Talibanic acid flung in the veiled schoolgirl’s face, Qaeda beheadings taped for a medieval riff streamed with the web's “Allahu Akbar’s” podcast... More »
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there is nothing about zen that is not this: You Reading This, Be Ready Starting here, what do you want to remember? How sunlight creeps along a shining floor? What scent of old wood hovers,... More »
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http://homepage.mac.com/snesson/Reel/Shelter_url.html powerful six minute video of last year's retreat for women on compassion Each year, Upaya sponsors an extraordinary gathering for women who are engaged in social action. Please join us for this unique program:... More »
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To be of use The people I love the best jump into work head first without dallying in the shallows and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight. They seem to... More »
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The Heart’s Counting Knows Only One In Sung China, two monk friends for sixty years watched the geese pass. Where are they going?, one tested the other, who couldn’t say. That moment’s silence... More »
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QUESTION Body my house my horse my hound what will I do when you are fallen Where will I sleep How will I ride What will I hunt Where can I go without my mount... More »
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just considering the dogen natural world poetry sesshin as we head out to chaco canyon on thursday. but a breath first. sesshin with kaz tanahashi, superb translator of dogen, and anything else for that matter.... More »
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Ten Poems by Rengetsu Translations by Kazuaki Tanahashi, Joan Halifax Autumn Moon Fearing my past is exposed to the moon, I keep looking down this evening. Water in an Old Temple Leaking from the rock... More »
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AMY TUDOR Self-Portrait with Eyes Closed "A glittering constellation . . . that ancient ideogram— the eye of the future, gazing back." —Bei Dao, "Answer" I. Perched on the cliff side overlooking a... More »
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