These words have arisen in response to the many enquiries over the years as to whether or not an upcoming retreat would be held in silence. Will the retreat be in silence? Actually, if there is silence, the whole universe would have disappeared! If the retreat is in silence, we will all be in deep … Continue reading Silence and Retreat
Education and Buddhadharma
How do we learn? How do we grow into mature, loving, wise, competent human beings? Does our vision of our place in the universe actually correspond to the biological realities that shape us? Do our religious and moral aspirations harmonize with our mechanical and energetic interactions with the rest of the world? Where do we … Continue reading Education and Buddhadharma
Praise for, 'A Human Being Died That Night' by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
Praise for 'A Human Being Died That Night' by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela Mariner Books, 2004, ISBN 0-618-44659-1 Some books are much more than pages and print. Engulfing and disturbingly engaging, they slip into hidden crannies of one's being, places forgotten, or ignored or more often simply overlooked in the ongoing business of living. We find ourselves … Continue reading Praise for, 'A Human Being Died That Night' by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
A Cubic Metre of Air –a few breaths in the life of a mystic scientist –
This short piece was originally written in July 1999. It may give you a fresh sense of possibility for breathing meditation. I look into the air and see right through it. I move my body and feel invisible pressures, waftings of liquid presence, pressing round with no gaps or spaces. Looking opens to knowing this … Continue reading A Cubic Metre of Air –a few breaths in the life of a mystic scientist –
Deep Roots and Fearless Compassion
I read the following two paragraphs during a recent weekend retreat in Auckland and it seemed to touch people deeply. One of the participants asked that it be put on Green Dharma Treasury, hence this posting. The writing was originally part of an extensive e-mail reply to some questions about using anger in compassionate ways. … Continue reading Deep Roots and Fearless Compassion
Praise for "Becoming Animal"
Praise for Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology written by David Abram, published by Pantheon Books, 2010 "Magic doesn't sweep you away; it gathers you up into the body of the present moment so thoroughly that all your explanations fall away: the ordinary, in all its plain and simple outrageousness, begins to shine – to become … Continue reading Praise for "Becoming Animal"
Earthquakes and Living Dharma
March 12, 2011, 10am Orgyen Hermitage, N.Z. As you may have heard there has been a huge earthquake in Japan accompanied by catastrophic tsunamis. We have had word from Doug Sensei and John Munroe that our sangha friends there are okay. Right now, less that 24 hours since the earthquake struck, the situation in parts … Continue reading Earthquakes and Living Dharma
A Story of Stories
A weaving of prose and poetry. Story telling is not merely for entertainment. We are constantly telling ourselves stories, interior verbalizings, daydreamings, enactments and re-enactments of situations that have happened and ones that might happen. By and large, story telling is the way we humans make sense of relationships, the world and the universe we find ourselves in. Suffering arises in not seeing we are caught in a story of our own making. Suffering arises in not seeing our story is also the making of others. It also arises when we believe the story should be fixed for all time and we struggle to keep it so and to get others to keep it so. How many universes can dance in the story of your mind?
In Praise of Aimless Contemplation
Notes of a Dharma Farmer © Tarchin Hearn, Green Dharma Treasury, 2010 When away from our land; travelling, teaching, living in cities and on the road, I read, I study and I am seduced by microscopes and telescopes and imaging technologies that reveal worlds of creative activity that are often outside the range of my … Continue reading In Praise of Aimless Contemplation
A Student of the Earth
Notes of a Dharma Farmer © Tarchin Hearn, Green Dharma Treasury, 2010 You are the soil of my being. I am the soil of your being. We are the ground support of each other. A good farmer is someone who grows soil. A good farmer is a student of the earth. A good farmer is … Continue reading A Student of the Earth
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