Monthly Archives: November 2012

Emotional turmoil begins with an initial perception—a sight, sound, thought—which gives rise to a feeling of comfort or discomfort. This is the subtlest level of shenpa, the subtlest stage of...

How things appear and how they actually exist differ greatly. A person engaging in practice of the perfection of wisdom does this kind of analysis and then examines how things...

You can almost fall in love with the universe, with the general situation. At that point, there is no reference point to anyone or anything. It is just being...

my face showing
nothing—
autumn darkens

omou koto
naki kao shite mo
aki no kure

Den Sute-jo

From The Art of Haiku: Its History through Poems and Paintings by Japanese Masters by Stephen Addiss

There is always something in a situation that can cheer you up, but you have to discover and understand it yourself. There is no point in me telling you how...