It’s OK
It’s OK to forget to do gratitudes when you most need them It’s OK to be grumpy for between seven and nine minutes It’s OK to feel like everyone is smarter than you (but for…
After Watson’s Translation #100 of Han-shan
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!
Metta for a Psychiatrist
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…
No Comfort (excerpt from The Book of Mev)
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…
No Birth No Death (After a Sangha Discussion on the Lotus Sutra)
In ten years (or thirty) Thich Nhat Hanh will still be among the living Just like today I will see him in your smile
The Glory of Ordinary
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…
On Romero, Angelica & Ann, the Day to Day, Faith, Love, Community and Interbeing: A Facebook Message from Lindsey Weston
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…
Taking Sides
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,…
Share the Wealth with Abbie Amico and Liz Vestal: The Theology of the People
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…
Remembering the Dead/2
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…