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    The Barbarian Has No Beard Paid Member

    By Musho Rodney Greenblat
    Illustration by Musho Rodney Alan Greenblat (whimsyload.com), with selected text directly from The Gateless Gate by Koun Yamada, ©2004 Wisdom Publications; used by permission. © Musho Rodney Alan Greenblat More »
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    Remembering Master Sheng Yen Paid Member

    Revered Chan Master Sheng Yen died on February 3, 2009, in Taipei at the age of 79. He was an inspiration to Buddhists and non-Buddhists around the globe, and his writing regularly appeared in the pages of Tricycle. Master Sheng Yen’s last teaching was his death poem, below. More »
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    Gatha by the Boatman Monk Paid Member

    A thousand-foot fishing line hangs straight down.One wave moves, ten thousand follow.The night is still, the water cold, the bait untouched.The empty boat carries home a full load of moonlight. [Image: Hattachi #346, Tokihoro Sato, 2000, gelatin-silver print ©Tokihoro Sato, courtesy of the Leslie Tonkonow Gallery, New York] More »
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    Everything Ends Paid Member

    As below so abovein racing clouds the dark boats—scraps of night More »
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    Dharma Art, All-Pervasive Paid Member

    By Sarah Todd
    Sambo, Shinjo Ito, 1959, magnolia wood, 12.6 x 22.8 inches; "Sambo" is the Japanese term for the three jewels of Buddhism: the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha THE ART More »