Don’t believe everything you think
September 17th, 2011Shamatha Meditation book review
September 16th, 2011Based on a classical Tibetan graphic illustration, and drawing on authoritative works, this guide provides an overview of Buddhist meditation, identifying the gradual development of mental stability, as well as how to remedy inevitable pitfalls. Graphic design by Stefan Mager with text by Jakob Leschly.
Available through Snow Lion here.
Book of Hours
September 15th, 2011Ich glaube an Alles noch nie Gesagte
I believe in all that has never yet been spoken.
I want to free what waits within me
So that what no one has dared to wish for
May for once spring clear
Without my contriving
If this is arrogant, God, forgive me,
but this is what I need to say.
May what I do flow from me like a river,
no forcing and no holding back,
the way it is with children.
Then in these swelling and ebbing currents,
these deepening tides moving out, returning,
I will sing you as no one ever has,
streaming through widening channels
into an open sea.
A quote from “Rilke’s Book of Hours”
Translated by Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy.
Published by Riverhead Books, New York.