Samadhi Cushions and Store: Meditation cushions and benches made here in Vermont. A nonprofit carrying incense, gongs, books, cds, and other meditation supplies.
Rick Fields
Rick Fields
(May 16, 1942-June 6, 1999)
84,000
84,000 Gates to the Dharma
And mine is best.
What a waste!
Do your practice. Enjoy your life
And let the world
Argue and discuss itself
To death.
—Rick Fields
9/13/98
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