Tag: nature

  • View from the Teahouse

    View from the Teahouse

    By Brother Minh An Sometimes I look at the sky like it’s a table, solid and limited and knowable. But on this lazy afternoon I closed my eyes and saw […]

  • Saving Deer Park Ridge

    Saving Deer Park Ridge

    By Ron Forster – True Ocean of Courage We vow to develop understanding, in order to live peacefully with people, animals, plants, and minerals. Feelings of tranquility arise as I […]

  • Roadrunner in the Canyon

    Roadrunner in the Canyon
  • Crow Moon

    Crow Moon

    Raven at Hidden Spring below Burnt Mountain on an oak tree, croaking and clicking as the Crow Moon arrives. Another raven calling in the canyon…

  • Ode to the Valley

    Ode to the Valley

    By Brother Phap Luu Coyotes gather to gossip in the chaparral shade, at ease, yet glaring, paws splayed, lean and limber, some lying, one panting. It is midday. Monks gather […]

  • The Brook

    The Brook

    By Sister Trăng Thanh Ɖoan (Sister Clear Dignity) One day, when I went up to the meditation hall, I heard the sound of the waterfall and some words arose in […]