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Category: Everyday Zen

The Reflexive Cosmos: Ramana Maharshi, Dōgen, and the No-Gate Gateway
Everyday Zen

The Reflexive Cosmos: Ramana Maharshi, Dōgen, and the No-Gate Gateway

An exploration of reflexivity, self-inquiry, and Zen through the parallel insights of Ramana Maharshi and Dōgen Zenji. Continue reading The Reflexive Cosmos: Ramana Maharshi, Dōgen, and the No-Gate Gateway

Martial
Everyday Zen

Martial

You’re under attack. Continue reading Martial

Cinders
Everyday Zen, Metaphysical, Primitive Love Poems

Cinders

I wasn’t needed anymore
So she threw me out Continue reading Cinders

consequences
Everyday Zen

consequences

or maybe i’ll just slide into a warm spring
with a bunch of monkeys that have done the same
staring off into space Continue reading consequences

the origin of paradise
Everyday Zen

the origin of paradise

Look at this wall—
peer into this mind. Continue reading the origin of paradise

wild enthusiasm
Everyday Zen

wild enthusiasm

This smile, these senses—
bloom with wild enthusiasm again. Continue reading wild enthusiasm

Thank you for looking
Everyday Zen

Thank you for looking

Answering the phone at my high school desk job,
my mom was on the line, whom I hadn’t heard from in a while. Continue reading Thank you for looking

the unstained
Everyday Zen

the unstained

death is silent Continue reading the unstained

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