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Writing has four primary purposes, to make dissatisfaction endurable, to make evil intelligible, to make justice desirable and to make love possible. – Roger Rosenblatt

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Most Popular Poems

  • bismillah road kill
    listening to Coleman Barks [i] recite a poem by Jalal ad-Din Rumi [ii] about sacrifice and the heaviness of karma. so many attachments we...
  • earth
    the earth brings life and grounds us within her loving embrace and bears her fruit for all to share in abundance. the wind carries aloft on ...
  • earth, wind, fire, water
    the earth brings life and grounds us within her loving embrace and bears her fruit for all to share in abundance. the wind carries aloft on...
  • perfection
    there are moments when life seems so perfect and life is grand and wide and for all of eternity there is this kiss on our cheek that lets u...
  • midnight moon
    full moon at its apex in the midnight sky the milky way sparkles in the heavens a single ragged mountain out in front scottsdale, arizona ...
  • ticking clock
    the ticking of the clock a cadence of relentless passage. ideas create a future where none exist, memories create a past as fleeting as clo...
  • a ritual sign
    palms together, gassho, hapchang, what is the meaning of this humble yet profound action? presence– is just a state of mind. observance– is...
  • Cranky Old Man
    When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing left of...
  • in the silence and darkness of predawn
    in the silence  and darkness predawn— my room illuminated only by blue light emitting diode’s and the glow of a computer screen. all ...
  • Ahista ahista - Jagjit Singh
    I love this Ghazal titled 'Ahista, Ahista' which roughly translated into English is 'Slowly, Slowly.' ...

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Blogs that I follow

  • Wake Up and Laugh!
    Liberation day - The lanterns for Ullambana, a day for remembering the dead Yesterday was August 15, which in Korea used to be called “Liberation Day,” because it was the d...
    2 days ago
  • Karen Maezen Miller's Cheerio Road
    this perfect way - Here we are, in the midst of this perfect way, and our practice is to realize it. — Maezumi Roshi Chapin Mill Retreat October 9-12, 2025 Register here Ever...
    3 days ago
  • Wild Fox Zen
    Linji’s True Person - The true person of no rank, what a piece of shit!
    2 years ago
  • Paulo Coelho's Blog
    10 SEC READ The gift of insults - Near Tokyo lived a great Samurai warrior, now old, who decided to teach Zen Buddhism to young people. In spite of his age, the legend was that he could def...
    3 years ago
  • Zen Women
    The Last Post - Over a decade ago, I established this blog to encourage a broader view of how women participated in the flourishing of Zen Buddhism in T'ang Dynasty China....
    4 years ago
  • Ox Herding
    The Last Post - I know. I know. The last post appeared over a year ago. And the post before that was . . . a year before that. Now it's obvious: this blog has run its cour...
    4 years ago
  • Natural Wisdom
    Prophets of a Future Not Our Own - Prophets of a Future Not Our Own This is what we are about: We plant seeds that one day will grow. We water seeds already planted, knowing that they hol...
    5 years ago
  • 자보 Living in the Dash
    Transmission - Nearly five months ago, I became a Zen Master. Or should I say a Zen “Master.” What, exactly, does that mean? Have I now “mastered” Zen? What does it mea...
    5 years ago
  • Notes From A Burning House
    On opinion pages, and Desert Sage - We woke up this morning to an unusual March snow shower in Deming, befitting a day much earlier in the winter. I ventured out to the post office and book...
    6 years ago
  • Sweep the dust, Push the dirt
    エッチなメールが送られてきた場合は、サクラではないかと警戒をした方がいい - 出会い系サイトに登録した時に注意しないといけないの… Continue readingエッチなメールが送られてきた場合は、サクラではないかと警戒をした方がいい
    8 years ago
  • Zen Mirror
    Come together, right now, and overcome. - This country is galvanized today, and some feel as if they are in a state of shock, while others feel a sense of privilege and bravado. This is not the ti...
    8 years ago
  • Robert Aitken
    - I migrated dad’s memorial site to the new google sites and fixed the screwy parts. There’s a load of content, so have a looksee. The root address is https:/...
    9 years ago
  • Rev. Danny Fisher
    おまとめローン利用に口座開設は必要ではない銀行もある - おまとめローンの申し込みに口座開設は不要 おまとめローンを利用するにあたって気になることのひとつに口座開設は必・・・
    9 years ago
  • Wake Up! Dharma Center 見性法寺
    Jasa Promosi Online - *Jasa Promosi Online* Jasa Promosi Online | Online promotion services According to the data we cover obtained from the survey institute with the aim of ...
    10 years ago
  • Toledo Buddhist
    A Short Meditation on Pets and Reincarnation - A Pug Encounter the Five Remembrances for the First Time! In all Buddhist traditions, we honor a teaching called the five remembrances in which we recall...
    10 years ago
  • Center for Clinical Mindfulness and Meditation
    Zindel Segal describes MBCT - Below is a link to a TEDx talk by Zindel Segal, one of the original founders of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, describing the program. Well worth wat...
    10 years ago
  • Zen - The Possible Way
    Small bathroom floor plans - Small bathroom floor plans This *Small bathroom floor plans* related to Small 3/4 bathroom floor plans, small bathroom ideas, bathroom layout plans, bathro...
    10 years ago
  • Bija Andrew's Zen Blog
    When They Stop You at the Border (Punjabi Remix) - In India, I have come to suspect that there’s a sentence that makes sense to American drivers that never crosses the mind of Indian drivers. That sentence ...
    11 years ago
  • The Full Moon Poetry Society
    - Greetings, Friends! I present - The Selected Poems of the Second Quarter of 2014. We begin with two short poems. And don't forget - another Full Moon is co...
    11 years ago
  • Zenosaurus
    1 The Whole World Is Medicine - *The whole world is medicine* (This post was originally done in 2010 as a quick offering for a group koan salon. I rewrote it in Spring 2014) Chinese El...
    11 years ago
  • Open Sky Zen
    Lessons in How to Live (by a Stumbling Centipede) - When a bird flies over a pond on a clear sunny day, you can look down at that pond and see a reflection of this as it’s happening: you can expect to see ...
    11 years ago
  • Overseas Taego Order / Korean Zen Buddhism
    Beneath Belief An interview with Van. Hae Doh Gary Schwocho, abbot of Muddy Water Zen - Beneath Belief An interview with Van. Hae Doh Gary Schwocho, abbot of Muddy Water Zen http://www.tricycle.com/living-dharma/beneath-belief
    12 years ago
  • Buddhist Military Sangha
    4000 British Troops to Visit Bodh Gaya and Sarnath - by Giridhar Jha, MAIL TODAY, December 10, 2012 *Patna, India* -- The British Army will send about 4,000 of its troops, who are followers of Buddhism, in ...
    12 years ago
  • HARDCORE ZEN
    GO TO HARDCOREZEN.INFO - All the fun and merriment you used to have here has been moved to http://hardcorezen.info Go there and check it out!
    13 years ago
  • Turning Point Now
    What is Zen practice? - "Zen practice is about awakening to this very moment. There is no other function of Zen or Chan or Son Practice. We can learn liturgy. We can know how to ...
    13 years ago
  • Monkey Mind
    Monkey Mind Has Moved to Patheos - Thank you for visiting. After being hosted happily for some years here at Blogger I've accepted an offer to join the team at Patheos. You can link to my Mo...
    13 years ago
  • Perspectives
    Migrating Blog - I'm now posting to a new blog. www.davidrynick.com/blog Hope to hear from you there.
    13 years ago
  • RUMI DAYS
    A Full Year of Rumi Readings - *Was there a beginning to this journey? Is there an end?* I began to post daily readings here from the book *A Year with Rumi* on March 11, 2010. Odd, ...
    14 years ago
  • the wheel of dharma
    Moving! - The Wheel of Dharma Blog is now Open Sky I've changed teachers, I've changed the name of my group, and I've changed blogs. Come visit the new blog HERE
    14 years ago
  • Modern Chan
    Sorry - I feel I should apologize to my friends and the people who have subscribed to this blog. This year has been a difficult one for me. Among other things, my ...
    15 years ago
  • Aging As a Spiritual Practice
    Aging Parents 2 - The last post on aging parents garnered more comments than any other in the history of this blog, so clearly this is a topic that touches many people. The...
    15 years ago
  • Zen Under the Skin
    Daily Dharma - Today a quote from Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood by Karen Maezen Miller: Motherhood is a spiritual practice. It is a crash course in wi...
    16 years ago
  • Sweeping Zen
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  • Zen Rising
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  • Zen and Back Again
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  • Open Buddha
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  • BuddhaFrog's Zone of Forgetfulness
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