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Two Years of Pandemic, Two Years of Practice

Posted on May 10, 2022September 9, 2022by Teahouse

The content of this post first appeared in the newsletter published by the author’s sangha, City Cave Zen.  When the pandemic took hold, my sangha, City Cave Zen, decided to try holding meetings online, to meditate, chant and discuss the Dharma in a way that would be as similar to physical meetings as we could make […]

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Poem for Chris La Tray

Posted on March 1, 2022March 1, 2022by Teahouse

you pour coffee into your cupin montana it turns into tea in my cupin scotland Support Our Dharma Work

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Pandemic Winter Haiku

Posted on February 14, 2022February 14, 2022by Teahouse

hospital window —outside, waving and smiling,tears falling on frost Support Our Dharma Work

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sequence

Posted on February 4, 2022February 4, 2022by Teahouse

“is meaning createdby language or languagecreated by meaning?” hot liquid poured fills cupstays there tillyou drink it     pour it outsomething else happens Support Our Dharma Work

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anicca

Posted on December 28, 2021December 28, 2021by Teahouse

christmas lights in windowof homescheduled for demolition Support Our Dharma Work

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At the Altar

Posted on December 22, 2021December 20, 2021by Teahouse

offering flowers to ancestorsoffering ancestors to flowersoffering incense for people unseenoffering people unseen to incenseall directions one direction no directionempty hands full palm to palm Support Our Dharma Work

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Medicine and Sickness, Heaven and Hell

Posted on November 22, 2021November 22, 2021by Teahouse

“Medicine and sickness heal each other. The whole world is medicine.” —Blue Cliff Record, Case 87 In this week’s Dharma talk, I mentioned a parable that’s been on my mind lately. I don’t know its origin — I’ve heard different versions, some attributing it to the Zen or Taoist traditions, but I haven’t been able […]

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where

Posted on November 1, 2021November 1, 2021by Teahouse

leaving everyoneand everythingbehind sounds more likegeographythan death breathing outnotbreathing in again goingnowhere where Support Our Dharma Work

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Halloween Rising

Posted on October 13, 2021October 12, 2021by Teahouse

Halloween rising,and I’m riding shotgunwith an incandescent raver girlat the wheeland a junkie on the back seatwhen the bars are closingand the desert a mirrorof the moon — Phoenix, Arizona, 2007

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Robes: An Invitation to Connect

Posted on September 28, 2021September 28, 2021by Teahouse

Most Zen monks in the west only wear their robes for ceremonial purposes. But I’ve found that when I’m on my way to or from the zendo and wearing my robes, strangers in the street will approach me, wanting to talk. It’s not usually that they’re interested in Buddhism, it’s that they’re lonely and feel […]

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