Author, Teacher, Screenwriter, Poet
There are people on the left and right who believe that their cause is so noble, so vital that they will do anything to see it manifested. Integrity and alleviating suffering are not at the
Though it feels like our lives have been radically altered, there are a lot of things the pandemic hasn’t changed at all; it’s just made them more obvious and horrifying. Before the pandemic there was
There’s a lot to be sad about if you take a look at reality. And of course there’s a lot of beauty. But let’s just say that sometimes beauty itself seems to be a waning
The big theme of my writing, my teaching, my studies, my relationships and my meditation practice is suffering. I’ve combed through history to find women who’ve been strong despite intense mental and physical traumas. I’ve
On the yellow wall I face to meditate I taped a three-verse poem written by a 17thcentury Chinese Buddhist nun named Xinggang. She starts: In the gates and halls of the elders, the work of
For some of us, a mandate to stay home and avoid contact with groups of people is permission to be ourselves. My ideal relationship is what the poet Rainer Maria Rilke described: “I hold this