Tag Archive for: Buddhism

“To me, religious life is life.”

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The monk Thích Nhất Hạnh shocked many when he shared the Eucharist with Father Daniel Berrigan. As he explained, "We human beings can be nourished by the best values of many traditions."

Thich Nhat Hanh

Hello friends, Thich Nhat Hanh has died, age 95. His teachings have been very much a part of my spiritual journey. I called my fourth book of poetry "Interbeing," his own term of inter-connectedness, to honor Thich Nhat Hanh's lifetime of work.…

Advice from Walt Whitman

Buddhism is important in my fourth book of poems, "Interbeing," also in honor of my deceased brother, George. I'm recovering from a couple of falls at 91. I'm coming back slowly surrounded by fine folk and a lovely garden. Landed on lower back,…