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    FAQ Paid Member

    By Clark Strand
    The wanderer vacchagotta once asked the Buddha what became of the Tathagata (the “Enlightened One”) after death. But no matter how Vacchagotta phrased the inquiry, the Buddha explained that his question did not apply. Finally, he asked Vacchagotta to imagine a fire. “Suppose someone where to ask you, Vaccha, 'This fire burning in front of you, on what does it depend for its burning?’” Vacchagotta answered, “I would reply that it is dependent upon the wood.” More »
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    The Madison Avenue Sutra Paid Member

    By Kenneth Kraft
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    What the Water Knows Paid Member

    By Sam Hamill
    What the mouth sings, the soul must learn to forgive.A rat’s as moral as a monk in the eyes of the real world.Still, the heart is a riverpouring from itself, a river that cannot be crossed. It opens on a bayand turns back upon itself as the tide comes in,it carries the cry of the loon and the saltsof the unutterably human. More »