Do not process this experience. Just have it. It is not about anything. Not about leaving. Not about having fun. Not about you or anyone. It’s not about needing to participate.
A Survey of “Buddhism in the West: Meditation, Mind and Life”
By Zhargal Aiakova The following article is by Buryatia-based writer Zhargal Aiakova, who has recently published a book titled Buddhism in the West: Meditation, Mind and Life, which charts the development of Buddhism in the West, which is a relatively new subject among Russian readers of Buddhist research and literature. For more than half a […]
Book Review: “American JewBu”
I first came across American JewBu at the beginning of 2020 and it was incredibly eye opening. Having practiced Buddhism in Europe for over a decade, somehow I went all that time without recognizing the incredible contribution that Jewish Americans have made to Buddhism as it is commonly practiced in the Western world. The book was published […]
Florida Bound
Chasing them Across an emptyField, honking allThe way, he ranFaster than I did It’s finally late October And I feel left behind.
A Time of Survival
Carried in handwoven Amish wicker baskets from the root cellarlike pickled garlicsealed in mason jars with yellow Ginghamfabric toppersthe world needs poems.
Simhamukha, the Lion-faced Dakini
Simhamukha is a wrathful goddess in Vajrayana Buddhism, whose name means “lion-faced.” Her Tibetan name Senge Dongma has the same meaning. She is considered a dakini who has attained the perfect state of Buddha. Although Simhamukha has the potential to manifest all enlightened activities, she is associated primarily with destructive or wrathful forces. The lion-faced […]
Awe Is…
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On a Soccer Field Behind the Rec Center
Geese honkFlorida boundIt finally feels like late Octoberthe feeling of being left behind
Visuals of Compassion: Artist Rima Fujita on her new exhibit, “Karuna”
Rima Fujita is a long-time painter of Buddhist art with a distinctive style that focuses on vivid colours and fairytale-like landscapes and figures. A keen devotee of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, she is holding a solo exhibition titled “Karuna” at Isetan Art Gallery in Shinjuku, Tokyo. We caught up with Rima to learn more […]
Death
opens as a lotus petal all at oncein all directions under the kind pressureof twilight a translucentblue topaz feeling disappearing into an ancient softness