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    By Love Alone Paid Member

    By Wayne Muller
    Beloved Cambodian Buddhist teacher Maha Ghosananda [1929–2007], Supreme Buddhist Patriarch of Cambodia, passed away on March 12 in Northampton, Massachusetts. In the late 1970s he ministered to refugees fleeing the genocidal Killing Fields of the Khmer Rouge regime. He became a prominent peace activist on the world stage, and was a revered meditation teacher. More »
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    By Love Alone Paid Member

    JACK KORNFIELD, a gentle, loving teacher of Buddhism, tells a story of going with Maha Gosananda, a respected Cambodian monk, into the refugee camps... More »
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    In the Outer Diamond Mountains I could not write a poem Paid Member

    By Ko Un
    In a remote mountain valleya startled pheasant flies off squawkingHey!You think you alone are startled?I was startled too * In the Outer Diamond Mountains I could not write a poemIn the Inner Diamond Mountains I could not write a poemMy empty body was full of truth * To a poor fellow who hasno stone-hard horseno cast-iron cownot even a black pigwhat point would there be in talking about Buddha? More »
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    "Nothing Is Final Forever" Paid Member

    By Leila Hadley
    This vignette is excerpted from A Journey with Elsa Cloud, just published by Books & Co./Turtle Point Press. The story opens with a telephone call to the narrator from her estranged daughter in India who, having become a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner, lures her mother to the East with the promise of an audience with the Dalai Lama. What follows is a series of adventures and misadventures, in which travels through India weave around spiritual longing, family history, and the poignant dynamic of the mother-daughter relationship. More »
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    May I become an Island Paid Member

    To the Buddhas residing in all directionsWith my palms pressed together I make this requestPlease continue to shine the lamp of DharmaFor living beings lost and suffering in the darkness of ignorance. May I become an island for those seeking dry landA lamp for those needing light,A place of rest for those who desire one,And a servant for those needing service. More »
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    Parting Words Paid Member

    By Clark Strand
    Thus have I Heard: When the time had come for Gampopa to part from his teacher Milarepa, Milarepa placed the soles of his feet on the top of Gampopa’s head, symbolizing that their work together was done. As Gampopa was about to depart, however, Milarepa added, “There is one particularly profound teaching I have yet to impart to anyone, but it is too precious to give away just like that, so you may go.” After this, the two embraced and Gampopa went on his way.More »