Appreciating Jack Appreciating
Jack Kerouac, Selected Letters: 1940-1956, v. 1 As I’m convinced of the the utility of “pulling”* from my reading, I found the following gems in some of Kerouac’s letters up till he had to deal…
Tag: Buddha
The Buddha Reminds Me…
of course Harvey Milk stamps are impermanent.
A Path with Pith
With the sangha a few years ago, I read many of the Buddhist sutras as well as Thich Nhat Hanh’s commentaries. It’s good to plunge in and read these classic texts in community. However, the…
Crazy Jane Is Back in Town
I met the Buddha on the road And little said she and I “The Diamond Sutra is matchless Reading it makes me cry” “You just reminded me of Mary Oliver Her percipience makes me cry”
“The house of self is on fire,” Buddha said, “Get out!”
Meditation— The fire escape For my enflamed mind