one-footed pigeonpreens feathersin rain
Different expectations
bird tugs worm out of soft groundworm does not think “this should not be happening.”
Buddhism in International Relations: The Sino-Indian Relationship
This series on Buddhism and international relations by Durgesh Kasbekar is a modified series from an essay “Buddhism in International Relations” by the same author. International relations and global politics are often absent from reflections about Buddhism in academia. This series aims to provide a small corrective and highlight how Buddhism affects and is affected by […]
Buddhism in International Relations: Applied Dharma Concepts
This series on Buddhism and international relations by Durgesh Kasbekar is a modified series from an essay “Buddhism in International Relations” by the same author. International relations and global politics are often absent from reflections about Buddhism in academia. This series aims to provide a small corrective and highlight how Buddhism affects and is affected by international […]
No destination
old photographperson sitting on grasscigarette in hand person, grass, cigarette, smokeall gone to same
Buddhism in International Relations: Buddhist NGOs and monks/scholars
This series on Buddhism and international relations by Durgesh Kasbekar is a modified series from an essay “Buddhism in International Relations” by the same author. International relations and global politics are often absent from reflections about Buddhism in academia. This series aims to provide a small corrective and highlight how Buddhism affects and is affected by […]
Unopened Presents
Breakfast in bed. A kiss on the cheek. The universe at our fingertipsalive with possibility like unopened presentsinside each other’s eyes.
First, We Must Go to the Edge
First, we must go to the edge of the world A place that can not be found by traveling a straight line. For to look down over the edge requires more than eyesight.
Dealing with Anti-Asian Racism
By Rima Fujita Racism against Asians has always existed in the US for centuries, but it has been drastically escalated ever since the former President Trump’s numerous racial remarks. He kicked-off his campaign by calling Mexicans “rapists” and at the end of his term referred to COVID-19 as the “China Virus.” It has been said […]
Nairatmya, Part Two
Nairatmya. From tibetshop.com The practice of the dakini Nairatmya was transmitted to Tibet and preserved in the Tengyur, the second part of the Tibetan Buddhist canon. In the Kagyu and Gelug schools, she appears mainly as a spiritual wife of the fierce protective deity Hevajra and very rarely as an independent deity. She is revered […]