MISCELLANY
BOOKS E-BOOKS ESSAYS POEMS PRACTICES MISCELLANY GLOSSARY
One-Liners by Tarchin
These ‘one-liners’ by Tarchin were recorded by David French. They were mainly gathered from classes at the 2005 Wangapeka School of Living Dharma program. May they spark myriad flows of contemplation and enquiry. click here
Notes of a Dharma Farmer
A number of years back, as we were beginning to spend more time on our land near Katikati, I jokingly said to friends that I was becoming a “dharma farmer”. Here are a number of essays and reflections that link my years of Buddhist contemplative practice and my experience of living and working and growing into this land. May they touch you in ways that inspire a deepening revelation of the magic and the mind boggling ordinariness of your own life and the land that you grow with and within.
A Student of the Earth
In Praise of Aimless Contemplation
Dharma and Health
Reflections on Owning Land
Short Pieces
Here is a collection of shorter pieces that don’t easily fit into the other categories.
Deep Roots and Fearless Compassion
Earthquakes and Living Dharma
A Cubic Metre of Air – a few breaths in the life of a mystic scientist
Silence and Retreat
Reflections on Knowing, Mind and Wonderment
Book Review/Recommendations
Becoming Animal by David Abram
A Human Being Died That Night by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
Many of Tarchin's writings have also been published and can be found at