July 2023

All Over The City

Having had three amazing trips from early June to early July, I must admit I have…
Billy Collins

When a match touched the edge of the page, my poem filled with smoke, then a…
Jenny Odell

‘One thing that used to happen a lot was that I would be rushing to my…
Dogen

‘When you realize buddha dharma, you do not think, “This is realization just as I expected.”…
Niutou

‘One’s nature apart from thoughts is unmoving, and it is without misconceptions concerning birth and death.…
Paula Arai

‘In a Japanese Buddhist context, mortuary rituals help one learn about death, making the prospect of…
Suzuki Roshi

‘So everything is– our practice is the same thing. You know, you– when you get up,…
Nancy Mujo Baker

‘We could think of sitting meditation as practice in non-stealing. It is the practice of nothing…
Zhang Zhuo

Radiant light serenely illuminates the sands of the Ganges. The ordinary and sages, beings with spirits,…
T’ai-neng

‘Delusion is the root of enlightenment. If someone uses this for their practice, it can become…