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ends and means
jhalifax
Ends and means great question what are we doing to our world this from wendell berry “Once we have reached the desired end, we think, we will turn back to purify and consecrate the means.... More »
war......... in the longterm
jhalifax
am here in vietnam...... the ghost of war still here will be for a long long time inconceivable what we did dioxin, agent orange birth defects, cancer i think of iraq and depleted uranium in... More »
john dear
jhalifax
dear dear friends, am in bangkok now, on my way to vietnam, where i hvae not been since 1990, when i took a manuscript hidden in my suitcase to monks and nuns at thich nhat... More »
pursuing beauty to its lair
jhalifax
back home briefly after india spring dense with birdsong punctuated with snow flurries today i walk the pajarito trail to remember my body and put my thoughts straight after a week of demanding work on... More »
daishin dharani
jhalifax
today at the noon service we chanted the daishin dharani in sino-japanese and english (rarely translated, rarely chanted in translation) the eko, or dedication at the end was thus: DEDICATION Buddha Nature pervades... More »
xmas in a zen center, notes on why i live dangerously
jhalifax
it is unfathomable a zen center celebrates xmas done it for years, because it is unfathomable. we'd rather drop into a measureless sea than be stranded by dry ideas cooking a feast for all foundlings... More »
roshi joan halifax
July 2008 