Emptiness

I had the opportunity to attend the book launch for Wendy Pirsig’s book On Quality: An Inquiry into Excellence: Unpublished and Selected Writings. My book, Pyrrho’s Way: The Ancient Greek Version of Buddhism, devotes a chapter to parallels between part of Robert Pirsig’s thought and ancient Greek Pyrrhonist philosophy. I…

Buddha compared his teachings to a raft. The Raft Simile is one of the most important parables of Buddha because it has an important message about the nature of Dharma(Dhamma). It offers important advice as to how the practitioner should regard Buddha’s teachings. The Raft Simile crosses the sectarian divide–it…

Memories infused and forged — Riding through Gary, IN inside a Greyhound watching the city pass through the window. Steel collapsed so did the city. No stray dogs or cats or people just stray buildings and buildings and buildings. No rusty vehicles just buildings and buildings. Broken windows look onto the streets where cars don’t drive people…

Empty sword — I used to think love comes stays for a while then flies, has tea in sunshine and glows back to light the dusk with tender wish. What if the road was lost and meeting sunlight makes each butterfly forget where home is and rain love on other souls not trying to forget, not looking for new…