CHEERFUL FEARLESSNESSFearlessness is not the simpleminded product of overcoming or overpowering your fear. Fearlessness is a positive state of being. It is filled with delight, cheerfulness, and a sparkle in your eyes. We can become fearless and genuine, gentle and daring. But to do so, we have to keep a sense of humor, always. Excerpted from:&quo...
UNDERCOVER DALAI LAMAOne day the Dalai Lama went to Ganden accompanied by his security agent Kumbula. They went in ordinary clothes on ordinary horses and left Lhasa traveling east. When they got to the ferries they met with an elderly man heading back home from Lhasa where he had taken a load of wood on a donkey. The Dalai Lama entered into a con...
WHO SAYS MY POEMS ARE POEMS?Who says my poems are poems?They aren't poems at all.Only when you understand my poems aren't poemscan we talk poetry.—Ryōkan Excerpted from:The Poetry of ZenTranslated and edited by Sam Hamill and J.P. Seaton, page 159.
