Earth Holders’ Heart Sutra–Part Five

This post concludes the discussion of my revisions to the classic Buddhist text, The Heart of the Prajanaparamita. You will find the revised text--The Earth Holders' Heart Sutra--below in Part Two. Battle-weary activists can let go of personal baggage and the scorecard of environmental wins and losses because scorecards are…
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Earth Holders’ Heart Sutra–Part Four

This post continues the discussion of my revisions to the classic Buddhist text, The Heart of the Prajanaparamita. You will find the revised text--The Earth Holders' Heart Sutra--below in Part Two. It was Einstein who described matter as energy, without a separate self. Today, the more deeply scientists look into…
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Earth Holders’ Heart Sutra–Part One

Years ago, I founded a not-for-profit with an aim to buy contaminated land and create parks and gardens in “underserved” neighborhoods (read: low-income, minority places with long histories of dis-investment). Cleaning up industrial waste, creating places for children and families to gather, play, and grow organic food, making space for…
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Waking

This moment.This moment when vanishing sun unexpectedly pitches a riot of color across earth's dome.This moment sings--on behalf of all moments--of the potential for transformation.
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