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Tag: Compassion

Featured Poetry

Erika Seshadri – Eviction Notice

September 3, 2023August 24, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

As gently as the narrator of the poem relocates a spider, Erika Seshadri carefully places her quiet poem "Eviction Notice" at our feet.

Tagged ahimsa, Buddhism, Compassion, gentleness, nonviolence, Poem, poet, Poetry, ZenLeave a comment
All About Love

Songbird Birdsong

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023 Vanessa Able

BY PAMELA AYO YETUNDE - A retelling of the Buddhist legend of Kisa Gotami, bereaved mother Keisha comes to a Buddhist Monastery for guidance.

Tagged bereavement, Compassion, Death, fiction, grief, loss, motherhood, parenthood, short story, Suffering, WisdomLeave a comment
Interview, Podcast

Engaging in Compassionate Action: Pamela Ayo Yetunde

May 31, 2023June 19, 2023 Vanessa Able

A conversation with Pamela Ayo Yetunde about spirituality, interconnectedness, and the need to foster understanding and compassion in today's world.

Tagged Buddhism, community, Compassion, healing, Indra's Net, interbeing, Interconnectedness, interdependence, Social Change, social justice, spiritual kinshipLeave a comment
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Ziyong Chengru – Ten Verses

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 Vanessa Able

Chinese Nun Ziyong Chengru on the pain of parting and how to draw solace from the cyclical nature of time and landscape.

Tagged Chan, Chinese Zen, Compassion, cycles, faith, grief, impermanence, journey, loss, nature, Poetry, Travel, ZenLeave a comment
Derek Walcott
Poetry

Derek Walcott – Love After Love

October 14, 2022October 14, 2022 Vanessa Able

A gentle and joyful invitation to intimacy and love towards ourselves by Saint Lucian poet Derek Walcott.

Tagged Compassion, love, self-love, self-reflectionLeave a comment
All About Love

Passersby

March 24, 2022March 24, 2022 Vanessa Able

BY JOANN STEVELOS - What happens when an abandoned child grows up and one day buries her estranged father

Tagged abandonment, Compassion, Death, father, grief, Loneliness, metta meditation, parents2 Comments
Salamander
Way-Seeking Mind

Salamander

December 21, 2021December 20, 2021 Vanessa Able

BY ELANA MARGOT SANTANA Yesterday I found a salamander resting or dying in my garden. Translucent blood red skin with yellow speckles, big black bulging eyes...

Tagged Advice, Care, Compassion, Death, life, living, loss, love, nature, reptile1 Comment
Ellen Bass
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Ellen Bass – If You Knew

June 16, 2021June 8, 2021 Vanessa Able

What if you knew you'd be the last to touch someone? Ellen Bass draws us in to the brief moments of contact that fill our day and urges us to consider the fleeting nature of every life we meet.

Tagged Compassion, contact, Death, impermanence, Kindness, Poetry, relationship, touch, transienceLeave a comment
Robert Bringhurst
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Robert Bringhurst – Sutra of the Heart

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 Vanessa Able

A long and beautifully indulgent poem that sketches the heart through an abundance of imagery that is strong, broken, dreamlike and prehistoric.

Tagged center, Compassion, existence, Heart, Heart Sutra, love, PoetryLeave a comment
Dilruba Ahmed
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Dilruba Ahmed – Phase One

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 Vanessa Able

Dilruba Ahmed's poem invokes forgiveness of ourselves and others like a cleansing rain 'relieved of cruelty and petty meanness.'

Tagged Compassion, forgiveness, love, mantra, patience, Poetry2 Comments

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