"The central purpose of all dharma practice is to cultivate a well balanced, thoroughly integrated, vibrantly alive, humane human becoming." 'Dharma' is a rich and bounteous concept. Common translations give us words or phrases such as truth, teaching (particularly spiritual teaching), natural law, law of nature, phenomena, process and 'thing'. It's difficult to grasp in … Continue reading A Life of Dharma
"True Refuge", an inspiring new book by Tarchin Hearn, is now available from Wangapeka Books for $20 plus postage. Some of you may have heard that Tarchin has been having some health issues. We are pleased to announce that not only has this book, ten years in the gestating, been born, but at the same … Continue reading "True Refuge" a new book by Tarchin
In Buddhism, wisdom is not a knowledge of ultimate facts or truth but an ever deepening process of understanding, life enhancing connectivity, and communion. In this sense, wisdom is living. Not something we have, but something we do. It is the fundamental ground that we are. We radically intermingle; cells and organs, minds and bodies, … Continue reading View, Meditation and Action – a path of Wisdom-in-action
We are living is shocking times. On a personal level, Cecilie, a long time friend, and teacher for many readers of this post, is journeying in unknown territory in an intensive care unit, as she slowly reassembles her body/being after a major car accident. On a collective level, we are filled with the images of … Continue reading Two Poems
We are living in extraordinary times. Our understanding of life as a planet-wide, delicate, yet creatively responsive phenomena, is becoming clearer than ever, while at the same time, we humans seem to marching, robot fashion, into an authoritarian form of money driven governance that makes the novels of Brave New World and 1984 seem almost … Continue reading Sufficient Love To See
Dear Friends Last night, at midnight NZ time June 11 or noon UK time, a friend, colleague and teacher, Sonia Moriceau, let go into the wider life of the planet. I will remember her smile and the mindful way she moved. I will remember that day at Wangapeka during the School of Living Dharma, the … Continue reading Remembering Sonia Moriceau, Ad Brugman and All Beings
A Buddhist Understanding of Prayer by Tarchin Hearn This essay was originally written in 2006 at the Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre. It has been edited and re-formatted for Green Dharma Treasury. I often receive requests for prayers. Please pray for someone. Please hold someone in your prayers. To tell you the truth, the more … Continue reading A Buddhist Understanding of Prayer
Metaphor – a poem by Tarchin Hearn The inner tangle and the outer tangle, This generation is entangled in a tangle, So pray, Gautama, Who can untangle this tangle? (The Vissudhimagga) Metaphor and meaning are slippery subjects, and so too is money. Money is a currency for exchanging objects. It is countable, measurable, gross and … Continue reading Metaphor
I pray to the wetlands, I pray to the deserts, Include me in your embrace. I pray to the rainforests, to the grasslands, to the tundra and the boreal forests, Bless our families with health, curiosity, and great compassion. I pray to the coral reefs, to the tidal fringes, to estuaries, deltas, benthic depths and … Continue reading A Circle of Blessing
Namgyal Lineage or Walking On In Freedom by Tarchin Hearn It has been nearly 10 years since the body of Namgyal Rinpoché dissolved into the wider life of the planet. His dying spurred many of his students to begin teaching and to share their understandings of dharma. Throughout this time, I have been asked by … Continue reading Namgyal Lineage or Walking On In Freedom
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