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…
Two Vietnamese: Hồ and Thầy–Revolutionary Morality & Buddhist Morality
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…
Cheer Up
Hungry ghosts are everywhere But bodhisattvas are everywhere too Suffering is everywhere But the transnational sangha is everywhere too
February First Share the Wealth with Natalie Yule: A Life in Construction
When I say the word “Construction,” what is the first thing that pops into your mind? For some folks this word may invoke thoughts of being stuck in traffic on the highway, then being late to…