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"Beat Buddha" by Wes Nisker
2010 April 06
In the 1950’s, the Beat writers popularized Buddhism in the West, talking about it in their novels and poetry and making it relevant to modern audiences.
"Teahouse Poems" by Jane Hirshfield
2010 March 17
In Japanese Zen, it’s sometimes said that there are four kinds of Buddhist practice. One is priest practice, one is monastic practice, one is layperson’s practice, and the fourth is “teahouse practice.”
Jane Hirshfield: "Leaving the Palace"
2010 March 16
"There is no knowledge won without sacrifice and this is one of the hard truths of human existence; in order to gain anything you must first lose everything."
