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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 »
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    Afterword Paid Member

    By Les Levine
    Mind—Les Levine Media Project was a project in three parts: 52 “See Your Mind” billboards, 5,000 Mind boxes in a shopping mall, and a television spot - all in the city of Langenhagen, Germany, in November, 1995. The boxes were sold and the money donated to a fund for Bosnian children. On the top of the box are the words “This box is empty,” on the bottom, “This box is form.” More »