Parting Words

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Mutta—Free

“A life of debts I could never repay / pushing in on all sides / like the weight of the sea.”

By Mutta, Translated by Matty Weingast

Winter 2019

Image of hut in a mountain landscape at night, with Izumi Shikibu poetry

Parting Words

Parting words from Izumi Shikibu

By Izumi Shikibu

Fall 2019

Image of Kindness

“Learn from this tree: It offers its bountiful canopy of shade, Over your head, Rain or shine; Rain or shine”

By Esma’il Kho’i

Summer 2019

Rumination

"In this world of dreams don’t let the clock cut up your life in pieces."

By Jim Harrison

Spring 2019

Fujiwara No Kiyosuke

A quick reflection on time

By Fujiwara no Kiyosuke

Winter 2018

Mountainous view from Biechuan Temple; zen master yunmen

Parting Words

A pithy teaching from the Zen Master Yunmen.

By Yunmen Wenyan

Fall 2018

Parting Words Spring 2018

Remembering Tibetan Buddhist lama Gehlek Rimpoche, founder of Jewel Heart International

By Nawang Gehlek Rimpoche

Spring 2018

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T’ao Ch’ien on Ambition

Lines by the 4th-century Chinese poet

By T'ao Ch'ien

Winter 2017

Zen Master Raven Stories

A brief excerpt from Zen Master Raven: The Teachings of a Wise Old Bird

By Robert Aitken

Fall 2017

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