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The Illusion of Stability by WAL: A new, challenging and provocative Thai art exhibition by the Bangkok river

Posted on April 25, 2024April 25, 2024by Teahouse

Adele Tomlin reviews WAL’s first solo exhibition and unpacks the artworks’ many themes surrounding social critique, death, fragility, women, and more

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  • Raymond Lam

The First Sermon’s Shadow: Nepalese artist Mahima Singh’s “Transcendence through Simplicity”

Posted on February 24, 2024February 23, 2024by Teahouse

Mahima Singh brings impermanence from the abstract to the real with installations and performance art for the human condition

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  • George Cassidy Payne

A Separation

Posted on August 11, 2023August 11, 2023by Teahouse

Poetry and prose from George Cassidy Payne

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  • daishin

connections

Posted on April 17, 2023April 17, 2023by Teahouse

Plumbing the depths of everyday encounters, from a little bird to a grieving woman

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  • Vincent Lim

Talking to Strangers Who Start Fires

Posted on July 31, 2022July 31, 2022by Teahouse

What do the burning woodlands of California tell us about insight?

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  • Dogo

danger

Posted on July 9, 2022July 10, 2022by Teahouse

A new poem from Scottish teacher Dogo

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  • Sensei Alex Kakuyo

Garden Haikus

Posted on May 18, 2022by Teahouse

Haiku #1 Plant the seeds in dirtWait calmly for them to growWhat if they do not Haiku #2 Plant fruit trees for foodTheir roots cut through the soilTheir fruit tastes like dirt Haiku #3 Water the gardenThe plants are hot and thirsty I am thirsty too Support Our Dharma Work

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  • Vincent Lim

Simple and Direct

Posted on December 16, 2021December 17, 2021by Teahouse

A simple solution was the right solution to my meditation problem. But the principle of simplicity when applied on its own can lead to reductionism that ironically makes finding the solution to a problem even more difficult and complex. That’s because following a basic principle cannot provide a complete picture of reality. Simplicity must be […]

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  • Vincent Lim

Getting a Kick Out of Life

Posted on December 7, 2021December 8, 2021by Teahouse

I’ve never been fond of horses. They’re beautiful animals, but riding on them is an uncomfortable experience. They can also be dangerous. My karate teacher was knocked unconscious when he was violently kicked by his horse. When he eventually regained consciousness, that experience led him to reflect on the precarious nature of life. It’s what […]

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  • George Cassidy Payne

Atammayata

Posted on November 25, 2021November 25, 2021by Teahouse

Birth and death, love and hate, the burnt scent of cloves on fingers and campfire on jeans,         nothing is attached for long. In the butter soft leather light of purple fog, a royal procession of swans announce themselves.Not made of that, the lake is restless for now  George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, […]

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