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Zen Nun, Dewdropper

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An excerpt about the young Buddha's own budding realisation in the midst of an easy life of riches, from "Everything Alive has it's Own Truth" - John Tarrant's Retelling of the Story of the Buddha https://t.co/IJfWVf6nYk
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Happy Thanksgiving, dear readers. Have you thanked your mitochondria today? And how can the Japanese art of Naikan help you to do so? Read all about it: https://t.co/ozepyQm3Qx

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It's that time of year! Resounding congratulations to our Pushcart Prize Nominees whose words have delighted us these past months.
@PushcartPrize
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If you read one poem this week, make it this one. It has brightened by heart. Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer - For When We Greet Each Other https://t.co/nioQzzTSc8

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The use of mirrors and reflections for metaphors of awareness is a popular and recurring image in Zen teaching that goes back as far as early Buddhist times. Read this fascinating history from Storehouse of Treasures, by Nelson Foster @ShambhalaPubs https://t.co/99rsDJsci6

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A New Micro-Gallery Show - Andrew Nelson's drawings are out of this world:
https://t.co/EKT0sqY2lF

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Read our latest All About Love essay by R.J, Chisholm: Set in the turbulent times of the late 1960s in the US, a family experiences the dread of war, and their own tragedy.
1968 https://t.co/gq0BqaXceb

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"Penetrate Life" - Taisen Deshimaru on Living in the Here and Now https://t.co/1BbG0LbQBc

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“I am certain all sacred buildings, from the greatest cathedral to the smallest chapel, and in all religions, derive from the natural aura of certain woodland or forest settings.” - John Fowles
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This poem moves in deep, and is a classic of our time - thank you @PoetEllenBass for giving us her blessing to feature it on The Dewdrop.
https://t.co/dIhmVj6N2J

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Sam Shapiro's guest post this week: Rilke's 'A Walk' - stir this into your coffee to start your day! 🙏🙏🙏https://t.co/C58Jzk4CTX

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Today: @DanushaLameris' sublime poem, Stone -

“...Isn’t this what the mystics meant
when they spoke of forsaking the world? Not to turn our backs to it,
only to its elaborate plots, its complicated pleasures—”

https://t.co/is1hQ30mpy

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"Love is an emergency
that slips like a deer
from the wound of Christ"

- Ashley Capps, 'Kindly'

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The Opening of Eyes - David Whyte’s poem of clear seeing: the experience of holiness is the very ground that is under our feet. #manyriverspress https://t.co/BDu2NZzrBq

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'How Can I Best Serve the World?': Brother David Steindl-Rast on Finding Our True Vocation https://t.co/xrIHeFMXR4 @OrbisBooks

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In the wake of his new collection, The Simple Art of Murder, Kurt Cole Eidsvig digs into motivation, poetic strategies, and the mystery of where the arrows of our intentions land. https://t.co/Pw9BH1wpMe

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Beautiful short story by Camille Goodison about family legacy, when it imparts strength and joy.
https://t.co/dUXIlvu9py

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'Sitting can be a very serious matter,' according to the late Japanese Zen master Yamada Mumon Roshi.... Read this extract from a new book of his teachings, 'Hakuin's Song of Zazen' @ShambhalaPubs

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Our latest podcast episode dives into the world of Zen with Tim Burkett as he unravels the essence of enlightenment and its 'accidental' nature. @shambhalapubs #ZenBuddhism #Mindfulness #EnlightenmentJourney #TimBurkett

👉https://t.co/nrKwWNhhhk

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‘The Only Way To Be Free’ – Oren Jay Sofer on Why Mindfulness Is More Than Just Paying Attention - https://t.co/Pm2UJscLgh @orenjaysofer @ShambhalaPubs