Wild Geese
Sacred Heart #17 Above the boat, bellies of wild geese. Takarai Kikaku (1661–1707) was a Japanese haiku poet and among the most accomplished disciples …
Category Archives: Reflections
Three Friends of Mine
Sacred Heart #16 Good night! goodnight! As we so oft have said Beneath this roof at midnight, in the daysThat …
Enough
Sacred Heart 14 Trailing my stick I go down to the garden edge, call to a monk to go out …
Our Revels Now are Ended
Sacred Heart #12 “Be cheerful, sir: Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all …
Gilgamesh
Sacred Heart #11 The destiny was fulfilled which the father of the gods, |Enlil of the mountain, had decreed for …
Everything is Swinging
Sacred Heart #10 Between the conscious and the unconscious, the mind has put up a swing: all earth creatures, even …
The Beloved’s Face
Sacred Heart #6 The world is no more than the Beloved’s single face; In the desire of the One to …
When the Grapes Turn to Wine
Sacred Heart #5 When grapes turn to wine, they long for our ability to change. When stars wheel around the …
Buddha’s Glory
Sacred Heart #3 Center of all centers, core of cores,almond self-enclosed and growing sweet-all this universe, to the furthest stars|and …
Creatures Arise, Creatures Vanish
Sacred Heart #1 Bhagavad Gita (5th BCE) Creatures arise, creatures vanish; I alone am real, Arjuna, looking out, amused, from …
