While there is still time

  James Godfrey-Faussett: "100 years ago Ethiopia was blanketed by 45% forest and now that figure is down to just 5%. Part of the survi...

Journeying god Traditional (Ghana) Journeying god, pitch your tent with mine so that I may not become deterred by hardship, strangene...

"Ichigo Ichie literally means “one opportunity, one encounter.” The terms is often translated as “for this time only,” “never again,” ...

Love Letters Every day, priests minutely examine the Law And endlessly chant complicated sutras. Before doing that, ...

"We suffer, often unknowingly, from wanting to be in two places at once, from wanting to experience more tha...

"On yet another level, silence means listening. We follow the Rule of St. Benedict and the first word of that Rule is "Listen....

"Ukemi is a Japanese word used in Judo for the method of falling without getting injured. ...He [my Judo teacher] made me practice not...

Our noisy outer world is but a reflection of the noise inside: our incessant need to be occupied, to be doing something. Three Types ...

Yes, I’m Truly A Dunce Taigu Ryokan Yes, I’m truly a dunce Living among trees and plants. Please don’t question me about illusion and enlig...

Learning from Trees If we could, like the trees, practice dying, do it every year just as something we do— lik...

"...unless that underground level of the self is preserved as a verified and verifying element in your make-up, you are going to be in...

A Poem for My Daughter Extracts It seems we have made pain some kind of mistake, like having it is somehow wrong...

The clear bead at the center changes everything. There are no edges to my loving now. You've heard it said there's a window that op...

"... Bare attention , Buddhism calls it, a pinnacle of meditation, a path to freedom from pain and suffering - no...

Started writing again here ( http://whiletheworldisgoingplaces.blogspot.in ). Thanks to the giant silk cotton tr...

Tilicho Lake In this high place it is as simple as this, leave everything you know behind. Step toward the cold surface, say the old prayer...

"Ali said: None may arrive at the Truth until he is able to think that the Path itself may be wrong." 'Thinkers of the East, ...

"...A labyrinth is an ancient device that compresses a journey into a small space, winds up a path like thread on a spool. It contains...

  From Aphorisms for Thirsty Fish, The Lost Writings of Wu Hsin : The greatest crime is The overlooking of Who you ...

Admit something: Everyone you see, you say to them, “Love me.” Of course you do not do this out loud, otherwise someone would call the cops...