Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas

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http://www.npr.org/2012/01/22/145340430/first-listen-leonard-cohen-old-ideas

Unbeaten by Rain

One of Japan’s most famous poems, translated, from the Manitoba Buddhist Church blog… Don’t forget Japan’s tsunami tragedy!

http://www.manitobabuddhistchurch.org/jodoshinshu/unbeatenbyrain.html

Montreal Zen Poetry Festival

The third biennial Montreal Zen Poetry Festival runs March 10-13, 2011.

This year’s theme: silence always speaks

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Summer Solstice 2010

Impatient fireflies Love and quarrel on the porch Outside the zendo

Karma Yönten Gyatso, Richmond Hill 2010

Between Ignorance & Enlightenment

Between Ignorance & Enlightenment is an audio CD of eight dharma sermons in English, produced in 2003 by Fo Guong Shan Temple of Mississauga, book-ended by an Ode to the Triple Gem and Songs of Fo Guang Shan.

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Circle Mantra

.   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   . I’m torn asunder by the world The violence tough men hurled Against the fragile glass . . . Read More.

First Frost

Canadian geese Among the water lilies Only just for now

Karma Yönten Gyatso, Richmond Hill 2009

A Sumeru poem

Fah Hua Temple

Temple doorbell rings Old monk peers around the gate And then vanishes

Karma Yönten Gyatso, Maple 2009

A Sumeru poem

Epitaph

Coming through the trees on P’u-t’o-shan Suddenly the Great Work is set down. Aaah, what a refreshing breeze!

Karma Yönten Gyatso, Toronto 1985

A Sumeru poem

the buddha’s wish fulfilled

i would like to write poems without images probably without even any words in them these poems would not rely even on the power of the spirit mantra if you like them it will be because they touch the secret altars of your . . . Read More.

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