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Dainin Katagiri
Book Bits

You Have To Say Something: Dainin Katagiri on What To Say When There Is Nothing To Say

August 30, 2021August 30, 2021 Vanessa Able

According to Katagiri, it can be difficult to find the words or modality to enter back into the world from a place of silence, but it is something we ultimately have to do.

Tagged 100-foot pole, buddha nature, Emptiness, Silence, words, ZenLeave a comment
Bankei
Japanese Texts, Texts, The Masters, Zen Stories

Bankei and the Unborn

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 Vanessa Able

17th century Zen master Bankei on the Unborn, the unconditioned mind that comes up spontaneously and is fundamental to every person, without exception.

Tagged Bankei, buddha nature, buddha-mind, conditioning, Japan, Norman Wadell, Rinzai, The Unborn, Yotaku, ZenLeave a comment
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- BOOK BITS -

  • Tangen Harada Roshi
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    Inspired by the work of the Dalai Lama and Greta Thunberg, Susan Bauer-Wu's book is her personal expression of concern for the earth.
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    Orhan Pamuk's hand-writing habit hasn't budged, despite the conventions of our time.
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    Pema Chödrön on what the Tibetan approach to living and dying can teach us about liberation in the present moment.
  • Barbara Brown Taylor
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    Barbara Brown Taylor reflects on her own experience of Labyrinth-walking and the significance of the path without a destination.


- POETRY-

  • Ryan Diaz – A Vow of Poverty
    With the juxtaposition of piousness and sacredness to desire and indulgence, Ryan Diaz surprises us with his "A Vow of Poverty".
  • Joanne Alfano – Hope
    Positively radiant, Joanne Alfano's "Hope" is a poem that crashes through darkness with its opening lines like a clarion call.
  • Sheila Lynch-Benttinen – Equations
    Massachusetts poet Sheila Lynch-Benttinen's "Equations" is a work of heavy content, juxtaposed with simple elegance and sparseness.
  • Judy Mathews – After Weeks Without Rain in Northwest Ohio
    "After Weeks Without Rain in Northwest Ohio" by poet Judy Mathews is an offering or a prayer to the natural blessings of a place.
  • Erika Seshadri – Eviction Notice
    As gently as the narrator of the poem relocates a spider, Erika Seshadri carefully places her quiet poem "Eviction Notice" at our feet.
 

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