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Paul Kalanithi • When Breath Becomes Air
Bodhidharma’s Vast Emptiness
John Tarrant • Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life
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Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
Facebook post Apr 2,:2013. I was still in a lot of pain (3 years after a big surgery…ok, Ill reveal that it was brain surgery)
Tara Brach’s book, Radical Acceptance and pre-recorded talks and meditations helped me hugely.
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Last weekend, we had the luxury of being with Tara Brach as she taught a 'True Refuge' workshop. She read this poem that I fi
... See moreThis haiku is a deep reflection on the truth of reality, which is by nature transient and fleeting. When we are unable to accept this truth we become distressed. However, recognition of this truth could at least bring a sense of poignancy to all of us human beings, who inevitably experience and witness it. There is even an aesthetic of this recogni
... See morePatricia Donegan • Haiku Mind: 108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart
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Paul Kalanithi • When Breath Becomes Air
where Confucius compiled the Book of Poetry.
Red Pine • Finding Them Gone: Visiting China's Poets of the Past
I then realized that to search for the so-called Zen mystery in every haiku is a mistake and to do so takes away the depth of their personal flavor and ordinary mind context.