by Katharine Kaufman | Jan 24, 2017 | today
“One grass, one word covers the whole world.” Vanja Palmers Roshi, of Switzerland and beyond, sent me those words last week. Now I send them to you. As I see it this little phrase means that wherever you are, this is it. And somehow this is enough. You’ve heard...
by Katharine Kaufman | Jan 8, 2017 | today
When I was 22 I lived on Cherryvale road with boyfriend, and goats, chickens. We cleaned houses, a good job for a hippie- philosopher- physicist and me, a dancer. I could fit work between class and rehearsals, hauling hay bales, and milking goats. I remember...
by Katharine Kaufman | Dec 26, 2016 | today
Just Sitting * The Way is perfect and all-pervading. How could it be contingent upon practice and realization? . . . What is the use of going off here and there to practice? ~ Eihei Dogen Are your lessons done? ~ Leonard Cohen We come to winter sesshin...
by Katharine Kaufman | Dec 13, 2016 | today
Here’s a poem from Joseph Ceravolo from Spring in This World of Poor Mutts, 1968: DOWN The rain falls down down and jumps jumps in my eye as everyone I know is sleeping by the heaviest drops.
by Katharine Kaufman | Dec 6, 2016 | today
My family inheritance: Reading, writing, the woods, theatre, music, dance, the sea, art. Fight for the cause, fairness for all. Father polite, mother outspoken. Dr. Kings’ saying about being willing to die for what you believe in, glued to my childhood wall....
by Katharine Kaufman | Nov 21, 2016 | today
By clearly seeing the extremes of experience, you learn to scout the middle way. ~Judith Lief Lion’s Roar Nov. 9, 2016 Flakes, thick and float. Giddy, I take pictures with my phone as I...
