No one can predict the time of one’s passing. More accurately, no one can predict when one dissolves into the bloom of a flower, or returns to the sky as a cloud that is beyond creation and destruction. It was therefore natural that the Hong Kong Buddhist community’s commemoration for Thich Nhat Hanh on the […]
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An Unquestioned Gift
Instinct reminds the butterfly they are changingNo counting the daysor paying attention to the position of the sun It is always present George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, NY. His work has been included in such publications as the Hazmat Review, Moria Poetry Journal, Chronogram Journal, Ampersand Literary Review, The Angle at St. John Fisher College, and 3:16 Journal. George’s blogs, essays and letters […]
My Future Arrived
unannouncedand uninvitedempty-handeddrunk off Benedictinecold, unwelcomein my homeI demanded answersyet it did not movea muscle. Leaningover the railing with a cigarette tumblingout of its mouthmaking the baby cry over obnoxious conversationthat just wouldn’t stopor know where to begin. George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, NY. His work has been included in such publications as the Hazmat Review, Moria Poetry Journal, Chronogram Journal, Ampersand Literary Review, The Angle at […]
Grooving With the Eternal Now
Art by Mirek Just playing with the eardrums andgrooving with the eternal now, closeyour eyes. Listen to the hum of the world.Simply now. A beginning by listening.Just grooving with the eternal now, thatpeace with understanding. Simply now. George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, NY. His work has been included in such publications as the Hazmat […]
The Auspiciousness of Right Now
We’re all blessed to live in an age of the Dharma. There is an ocean of helpful video, audio, and print resources that expound Buddhist beliefs and practice, and it has never been easier to engage with skilled teachers from all traditions, even in parts of the world far from Buddhist homelands. The canons of […]