What Some Americans Say (1970)
The Vietnamese and we have indelibly stamped each other with our marks. We have destroyed beyond hope of remaking parts of their ancient culture; they have destroyed our innocence and belief in our own goodness….
Month: January 2017
A Little Perspective
You can plan for five hundred years, but you don’t know what will happen in the next moment. –Neem Karoli Baba, quoted in Ram Dass and Mirabai Bush, Compassion in Action: Setting Out on the Path of…
You Are My Hero
“… le dur désir de durer…” –Paul Eluard “You are my Hero” Yes, that’s what I inscribed In your copy of The Book of Mev No, I am not putting you on a pedestal Proclaiming…
Let’s Not Wait Till We’re Dead
Over poetry, you didn’t gush. You read it. You read it with the tongue. You lived it. You felt how it moved you, changed you. How it contributed to giving your own life a form,…
How Sha Concluded Her E-Mail
Thank you for being here or anywhere else with grateful heart to have connection with people I wish you enjoy every moment of your life –Sha Li was a delightful student in my Humanities and…
How Sha Concluded Her E-Mail
Thank you for being here or anywhere else with grateful heart to have connection with people I wish you enjoy every moment of your life –Sha Li was a delightful student in my Humanities and…
My Aspiration
Each & every year, as long as I live, I want to… Talk to you on your birthday Elicit your laughter when you most need it Listen to your for hours at a time Embody…
At the End of the Semester
For friends in Spirituality of Service & Social Justice classes I want us to be freer I don’t want us to be in thrall to guilt I want us to let our light shine Why…
Dipa Ma’s Encouragement for the Trump Era (Or Any Other)
“Everything will be solved through the dharma.” Dipa Ma