Haiti’s Earthquake—Why Not Me?
This is cross-posted at Shambhala SunSpace. “Awareness of impermanence is encouraged, so that when it is coupled with our appreciation of the enormous potential of our human existence, it will give us...
View ArticleAfter Haiti — Remixing the Mind & Heart
This piece is cross-posted at Shambhala SunSpace. Recent reports from different media on the Haitian earthquake illustrate the human proclivity to separate mind and heart in response to so-called...
View ArticleCaribbean Awakening
This piece is cross-posted at Shambhala SunSpace. Jack Kornfield has commented that Suzuki Roshi captured the essence of Buddhism with the words: “not always so.” Reports of earthquakes and tsunamis in...
View ArticleEdwidge Danticat on Haiti Earthquake Devastation
In Brother, I’m Dying, writer Edwidge Danticat retold the heartbreaking story of her Uncle Joseph’s detention and death, and his son Maxo’s attempt to save him. Danticat has a piece in the Comment...
View ArticleChile, Haiti, and “Govinda’s Bridge”
This piece is cross-posted at Shambhala SunSpace. When I turned as part of my daily practice to today’s page of Offerings, a compilation of Buddhist quotations, I read a comment by Lama Anagarika...
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