No Time To Lose
Reading Andrew Harvey’s 1994 book, The Way of Passion, about Rumi’s relationship with his teacher Shams i-Tabriz is a riveting and enlightening dive into the poetry Rumi produced from that time.
Category: Buddhism
Emergence
Whatever else it might mean, emergence implies the most intimate character of life, a constant unfolding of arising and disappearing,
My Lineage
My lineage is the vast space of Longchenpa, the precision of Jigme Lingpa, the tickster Patrul Rinpoche and heart of
At Sea
A portal appears. I am bathed in light, warm, soft, welcoming, forgiving, familiar. It fills me with a reminder of
Radical Impermanence
The tragic and glorious reality brought to us by the pandemic has been a daily encounter with impermanence, the poignant
Laughing At The Sky
On the home page of this site is a photo of a painting. The subject is Longchenpa, the Buddhist sage
Reconciliation I: Peace as Rebellion
The fourth of the Deep Adaptation 4Rs framework, along with Resilience, Restoration and Relinquishing, is Reconciliation. We imagine its meaning
Hope, Faith & Radical Presence
What are we called to do in this time of collapse? Work harder? Think faster? Compartmentalize and multitask better? No.
Fearlessness
If we have no fear, there is no thinking. No conceptual mind. And vice versa. No thinking, no fear. —Tsoknyi
Dissolution
After touring the grounds of Shugsep nunnery, in July, 2017, I walked inside the darkened and silent main sanctuary. Everything
