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Poem, Almost Saturday

by on September 13, 2009 in Zen

  No poem next week, as we will be at the Wonderland retreat (and there’s still a bit of room—please come if you can!).  The retreat made me think of jukai, and of my Dharma brothers and sisters now and to come; as always, the right poem seemed to appear as soon as I started [...]

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Gatha Saturday

Gatha Saturday

by on August 1, 2009 in Zen

  After a long break, Poem Saturday is back.  But this past while, the poem that’s been wandering through my head the most often, one that I recite every night, isn’t strictly a “poem”–it’s the Evening Gatha. Let me respectfully remind you Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes and opportunity is lost. Each [...]

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