Sound Advice
“When you have a big pain you don’t know how to resolve, go back to your breath.” Sister Chân Không
Gatha of the Week
“Feelings come and go Like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing Is my anchor.” –Thích Nhất Hạnh
Message from Roerica King
The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat…
A Poem by Anryu Suharu
When, with breaking heart, I realize This world is only a dream, The oak tree looks radiant. –Kenneth Rexroth and Ikuko Atsumi, Women Poets of Japan
Hungry Love
The new couple devours Cien Años de Soledad With the same gusto As they devour Each other’s tongue
December Latin America Reading Group: Paulo Coelho’s The Pilgrimage
This month we are discussing Paulo Coelho’s The Pilgrimage at the home of Cheryl and Maria 4265 Cleveland Ave., Apt. 1W Monday 10 December 8:00 p.m. Please bring a question you took away from your…
My Psychic Powers Acknowledged in This Morning’s Email
“How is it that you always know What I need to hear Even when we are 200 miles apart?”
Poem by Lâm Thị Mỹ Dạ
Anh ở xa, em ở xa Vầng trăng ở giữa đôi ta gợi hình Đêm nhìn lên ánh trăng xinh Vầng trăng ấy-nơi chúng mình gặp nhau. — from Green Rice
The Struggle Is One
“In Portuguese, a luta, or in Spanish, la lucha, is the struggle for survival, the struggle to bring about the Reign of God: a piece of bread, a plot of land, a just wage, a…
A Poem by Akiko Yosano
Even at nineteen I knew The violet would fade, The brook would dry up, And life would pass away. Tangled Hair: Selected Tanka from Midaregami trans. Sanford Goldstein and Seishi Shinoda