It is a wonder
these massacres, mowing down
brothers and sisters —
Do we no longer care — shall
we just murder and kill — you
Saturday, May 06, 2023
zhentong and rangtong
Tricycle this morning:
Watch the full Dharma Talk »
Emptiness is an important Buddhist concept for any serious practitioner. Realizing emptiness means that we are no longer limited by dualistic, self-centered thinking of self and other. But it’s not easy to get there—like many other aspects of practice and study, if we lack the understanding, we can’t fully embody this ideal of selfless thinking and action.
In this month’s Dharma Talk, Tibetan Buddhist scholar and translator Adele Tomlin helps break down this complex teaching, presenting us with the two views of emptiness—“empty-of-other” (Tib., zhentong) and “empty-of-self” (Tib., rangtong). These two views give us both an understanding of ultimate reality and insight into the relative world of impermanent phenomena. Offering examples from her book Taranatha’s Commentary on the Heart Sutra and practical implications from her own experience, Tomlin shares accessible insights into emptiness in order for us to bring the teaching into our everyday life and practice.
Click here to watch the full talk, A Bird with Two Wings: Flying with the Correct View of Emptiness.
Friday, May 05, 2023
joyful valediction
Waka
(for Katherine)
Just before she died
my mother sent me letter —
said — “Love, and good luck.”
It was in my vestibule
Returning from funeral
(5may23)
https://youtu.be/iq5CKlOyeMk
Alma Redemptoris Mater,
Kind Mother of the Redeemer,
Alma Redemptóris Mater,
Kind Mother of the Redeemer,
quæ pérvia cæli Porta manes, et stella maris, succúrre cadénti,
gate of heaven, star of the sea, assist your people who have fallen,
Súrgere qui curat, pópulo:
as we strive to rise again,
tu quæ genuísti, Natúra miránte, tuum sanctum Genitórem.
To the wonderment of nature, you bore our Creator, yet remained a virgin as before.
Virgo prius ac postérius, Gabriélis ab ore
You who received Gabriel's joyful greeting,
sumens illud Ave, peccatórum miserére.
have pity on us poor sinners
death in early afternoon
Haiku
(hospice house)
Last week he did not
want a visit. This week he
no longer has wants
Thursday, May 04, 2023
after reading news stories, a resignation
At edge of cosmos
there’s a place without drama —
settling for something
simple like this moment, this
reality, these eyes, face
saving what we love
From Sojourners:
Verse of the day
Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.
- Ephesians 4:31-32
Voice of the day
That’s how we’re gonna win. Not fighting what we hate. Saving what we love.
- Rose Tico, Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Prayer of the day
Lord, too often, your people are known more by what we hate than by what we love. May we put away all bitterness, wrath, and anger, and instead embrace love.
With gratitude.
october 1968, soundview, no más/mate-inez
There is no other
Time — don’t be fooled by photos
Don’t fall for image —
memory holds no semblance
Just what is hidden within
Wednesday, May 03, 2023
(asasas)
Something written December 2011 in “This being the between we are”:
I practice accepting simplicity, anonymous service, accommodating silence. (asasas)
If I were to reassess (asasas), I’d leave it as it is.
through sames of am through haves of give
The actor and the
director stood at bottom
of stairs by car keys —
To understand another
just wait fifty seven years
vassalage
It becomes easy
To see the desperate rage
Shooters feel with gun
in hand and nothing left but
The stark look on their faces
fidelidad
Loyalty, to what —
So much rancid news, bad men
Rape women, tell lies,
Become symbols of deprave
Power, smile, say fake a lot
σκοτεινή νύχτα *
Nothing comes to mind
If you think of anything
It will not see light
. . .
*(skoteiní nýchta, dark night)
Tuesday, May 02, 2023
new argument why guns are not the problem
Headline: It is the
Failure of human body
To stop lead bullets
αθάνατος
Growing up with this man, this name, this stretch of streets and avenues, this theological point of view.
Today, again, a visit from Mnemosyne.
Athanasius of Alexandria, 296-373
May 2nd
The incarnation of Jesus is also one of the key factors which, alongside humans made in the image and likeness of God, forms Christian Anthropology. Specifically, incarnation is vital for understanding the concept of Divinisation of the Man, most well and elaborately developed in Orthodox Christianity and most well expressed by Church Fathers, such as St. Athanasius of Alexandria ("Therefore He was not man, and then became God, but He was God, and then became man, and that to deify us"[19]), St Cyril of Alexandria ("For we too are sons and gods by grace, and we have surely been brought to this wonderful and supernatural dignity since we have the Only Begotten Word of God dwelling within us."[20]) and numerous others.
—Wikipedia, Incarnation (Christianity)
Monday, May 01, 2023
regarding the present regarding the future
For a moment no-
thing made sense, it was all no-
thing, making no sense
no wonder we’re queasy about it
One cannot help but
wonder why the judeo-
christian suicide
became such a big deal through
history — news: god kills self
Sunday, April 30, 2023
full of the mercy
Pagan friend at prison reminds us of another friend there who opens ritual by saying:
A place that is no place
A time that is no time —
Spirit-center
This morning the Neumz nuns send email:
Misericórdia Dómini plena est terra, allelúia:
The earth is full of the mercy of the Lord. Alleluia.
verbo Dei cæli firmáti sunt,
By the word of the Lord, the heavens were established,
So many ways to sit within sacred contemplation.
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