For the Children
A poem from Gary Synder's Turtle Island
Gary Snyder
Gary Snyder lives in the northern Sierra Nevada and Practices in the Linji Ch'an (Zen) Buddhist tradition. Pulitzer prize-winning poet and essayist, his books include Turtle Island, Practice of the Wild, and Mountains and Rivers Without End, among others.
Featured Articles
Smokey the Bear Sutra
As the fires blaze on, we revisit a conservationist classic.
CultureMagazine | Parting Words
Hai-en Temple South Korea Home of the Total Tripitaka Set of Printing Blocks
Parting words from Gary Snyder
Latest Articles
Nothing Need Be Done
A 1988 interview with Gary Snyder, from the newly published anthology Nobody Home: Writing, Buddhism, and Living in Places
Parting Words Summer 2014
Parting words from Gary Snyder (and Cold Mountain)
Buddhist Anarchism
Earlier today I came across a link to the following essay on the Facebook page of Buddhist Global Relief. Written by Gary Snyder in 1961, it is a very interesting read and, as CDDC explains, “it…
The Fog of World War II
Setting the Record Straight on D.T. Suzuki
Housecleaning in Kyoto
A poem by Gary Snyder
MeditationMagazine | Special Section
Spring Sesshin at Shokoku-ji
Shokoku Temple is in Northern Kyoto, on level ground, with a Christian college just south of it and many blocks of crowded little houses and stone-edged dirt roads north. It is the mother-temple of many branch…
Get Daily Dharma in your email
Start your day with a fresh perspective
Explore timeless teachings through modern methods.
With Stephen Batchelor, Sharon Salzberg, Andrew Olendzki, and more
See Our Courses