Yellow Prajnaparamita with four hands Prajnaparamita (Tib. sherab kyi pharol tu chinpa), the Mahayana goddess of wisdom, appears in the Perfection of Wisdom sutras as a fundamental deity in Tibetan Buddhism. In Tibet, she is known as Sherchinma or Yum Chenmo, the “Great Mother.”
Sarnath
Disembodied from thebleeding virus of breakingnews, you taught. In the Deer Park at Sarnath,to see clearly in muddy watersand to partner with illness, no longer treated like a rumorthat may or may not be true.
Does ET Have a Soul?
What would happen to ourunderstanding of humannessif we knew that we are not alone?And does ET have a soul?Parallel worlds and alternate realities.An abundance of creatures on earth;there could also be other beings,even intelligent ones, that were createdby God. Brothers and sisters both. George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, NY. His work has been included in such […]
How a Philosopher Looks at a Glass of Water
Some people are halfglass full types.Others see the glass as half empty. I’m the kind of person who wants toknow why there is water in the glass,and why there are glasses that can holdwater. Why is there even water at all? George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, NY. His work has been included in such […]
America the Beautiful
In Charlottesville they worechinstrap bombs that turnedout to be nothing but dust and stone.In Sacramento, thrown like rag dolls,the flies evolved long, sucking mouths;in eternal darkness, reaching, if pushed,for the voice command in your throat. In St. Louis, the bodies leave no footprintson the land, and the nesting cliffs becomebattlegrounds, as they always have, wailingbehind the […]
Reflections on Greta Thunberg and Climate Change
I’ve been an environmentalist for as I can remember. I was 9 years old scolding my parents for not turning off all the lights in the house to save electricity. When I was 12, I used to walk the railroad tracks near my house; picking up scrap metal that fell from the trains, and taking […]
An Offering
It’s 6:30 pm, on a SeptemberSunday, too late to be calledsummer and the clouds are suddenly transformed into bands of energy, like a vulva, and the sky gods begin to birth,cinematically slow, an egg of fire,oozing from the space thatseparates the temporary fromendless beauty. A long time ago, people- not sodifferent than you and I- awaited this hour, as a […]
Remote Viewing the Five Ponds Wilderness
Just like smelling pheromones in the armpits,there has always been evidence, the humansystem knowing the future. A series of arbitrarynumbers.Walking out into the unknown depths, we can’tthink of these things as being separate. Like Thoreausaid, “the old upon the walls…”There are no bodies without energy, and there is noenergy without consciousness. Awareness enhanced,activated senses, the […]
Thich Nhat Hanh Gives Voice to New Climate Crisis Movie
Each of us has had a role in creating the crisis; the older we are, the greater that role has likely been.
People-pleasing and the Dharma
A short scroll around the internet will tell you that people-pleasing is a common phenomenon. The term applies to people who—often from an early age—prioritize the needs of others over their own. Usually such people have difficulty saying no, change their personality depending on who they are with, and find themselves apologizing an awful lot.