One Line Extracts from Poems of the Divine
A friend kindly sent me a copy of Love Poems from God, 12 Sacred Voices from the East and West.
Translated by David Ladinsky. …
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Poems and Prose
10 Novels
Dharma friends sometimes ask me whether I read novels and are there any novels that I would recommend. I do read novels. Here is a reply I sent recently in response to one request for good books. There is a wealth of fine literature. Mercifully, internet can encourage good reading rather than distract from it. …
Love at First Sight
Dominika kindly gave me a beautiful work of written art by Wislawa Szymborska, the much loved Polish poet. Dominika suggested I read this precious poem on love. I can see why. …
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Who Wrote the Poem?
I have been putting together the poems I have written over the past decade or so. There are probably around 130 – 160 of them on a variety of themes familiar to most poets, as well as daily life. Love, impermanence, suffering, time, reality, death, mystery, truth. …
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Her Silent Retreat
I do smile when I hear that some people prefer the partner of a teacher to sit retreats with other teachers rather than with their partner. It is a well intentioned thought. There is the possibility of mixing roles up roles. I regard the two roles of teacher and partner sitting the retreat as grist for the mill, raw material for practice. The two partners should agree together whether it is suitable for one partner to be the teacher and the other partner to be the practitioner. In my experience, this agreement and application works very well. Love is powerful – effortlessly embracing perceived differences. …
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