for Chris Do you have the scribbles of Shimmelstoy in your bookmarks? They’re better for you than the Lotus Sutra! “Like,” share, and read them over and over– The bodhisattva in those verses is really only you!
May you be filled with loving kindness For the kids on the edge of urban doom May you be well Unfazed by the hourly bureaucratic hoops May you be peaceful and at ease Before the…
There was the wailing wall in my study: How many minutes did I mediate on those photographs of Mev, how many tears fell, how many screams of mine ascended to Cathy Nolan’s ears upstairs, how…
In ten years (or thirty) Thich Nhat Hanh will still be among the living Just like today I will see him in your smile
There we sat at Cafe Ventana Two hours on a Thursday afternoon You heard my shtick about “Be average” My neurotic update on Dear Layla Your serenity (so it seems to me) About your future…
With all of the talk of Romero becoming a martyr… Officially, “killed in the hatred of faith” I can’t help but think… well duh You and I already knew that Angelica knew that Ann knew…
Carol, you posted, “Alas, Mark, must we always ‘Take sides’–or is there a middle way?” You know the Buddha would say there’s a middle way, for sure. You saw what Dom Pedro did, no “ifs,…
This Sunday Abbie and Liz, juniors at SLU, will be talking about why they changed their majors to theology during their semesters abroad in the Philippines. The program they studied abroad with was called the…
Dear Shimmelstoy I was moved by what you mentioned about Joel His is a private commemoration Which for some reason reminds me of Yankev Glatshteyn (If you haven’t read him yet, get’s Fein’s translation In…
Hồ Chí Minh 1. Step by step, during the course of the struggle, by studying Marxism-Leninism while engaging in practical activities, I gradually understood that only socialism and communism can liberate the oppressed nations and…