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Gary G Gach
"Compassion" "Beginner's mind" "Close to the nose" "Speech as she is spoke" "Tailo

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Mindful Writing Weekly Playshop

Apr.03.2012

Mindful Writing Weekly Playshop

Creativity ... communication ... compassion ...

These are touchstones for an 8-week test run of a Tuesday-nite get-together (quarterly day-longs also possible.) • 7-9pm • Dragons Leap Hermitage • 2100 20th Avenue (@ Quintara • Inner Sunset, San Francisco • http://dragonsleap.com

Each gathering will offer a contemplative sit & walk ... tea & snacks ... writing prompts ... deep listening, and loving speech. Gary [dot] Gach [at] Gmail [dot] com 415 771 77 93 http://word.to

.:. words are buddhas .:.

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PUBLISHED: Jun.02.2009

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buddhism, 3rd Edition

Reach Your Zen Moment! The latest edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Buddhism updates one of Alpha Books's most successful books in the religion/spirituality category, providing extensive information on both understanding the teachings and schools of Buddhism and incorporating the tenets of Buddhism into everyday life. It also includes additional information on...

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PUBLISHED: Nov.11.2004

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Buddhism (second edition)

EXPLORES and presents simply and creatively the practical and the theoretical, the mundane and the sacred of Buddhism. — Michael Wenger, Dean of Buddhist Studies, San Francisco Zen Center THIS book will bring a smile to us all. We see that it is reaching out to so many people - to bring the understanding, solidity, and compassion so very needed in our society...

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PUBLISHED: Jan.22.1998

What Book!? Buddha Poems from Beat to Hiphop

By 1992, I had noted the revival of spiritual poetry ("devotional poetry") such as Coleman Barks' Rumi — more or less absent since the Industrial Revolution — and also all the poetry being published since 1950 ("beat") up to the present ("hiphop") influenced by Buddhism and so began gathering instances from newsletters, books, readings, friends,...

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buddhism

PAVE YOUR WAY TO ENLIGHTENMENT Bet you thought the audience for Buddhism is fairly marginal, but have you heard? — one in eight Americans admit the influence of teachings of the Buddha as playing a positive role in their lives. This timeless path is one of the fastest growing today — especially in such uncertain times. This is a philosophy of change, and change is in the...

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PUBLISHED: Sep.01.2006

Flowers of a Moment

Translated from Korean by Brother Anthony of Taizè, Young-moo Kim, and Gary Gach Brush drawings by the poet, for this edition Flowers of a Moment, Ko Un's latest treasure trove, is a recital of a stunning range of feeling, intellection, and expression featuring 180 brief zen poems from Korea's most beloved poet and four-time Nobel Prize nominee. These are intimate sketches...

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Ten Thousand Lives

Co-translation (with Brother Anthony of Taizé and Prof Young-moo Kim) of 165 selections from first ten volumes of magnum-opus work-in-progress by celebrated Korean author Ko Un. Extending now past 25 volumes, "Ten Thousand Lives (Maninbo)" is dedicated to the composition of one poem for every person the author's ever known, or known of. Introduction by Robert Hass....

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Gary's Latest Blogs

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Oct.19.2012 - 7:51 am

Book blogs

It's been a year since my last post. I guess I'm not cut out for blogging. Nevertheless, here are 9 book blogs, of possible interest, as reviewed in American Book...

Oct.05.2011 - 8:07 am

Were I Poet Laureate

WERE I POET LAUREATE I'D OFFER HAIKU TO KIDS Were I poet laureate, I'd make it official news: haiku is the most universal global poetic form of the 21st century. It's also...

Oct.24.2010 - 1:34 pm

One Buddha Is Not Enough : Thich Nhat Hanh at World Buddhist Conference 2010 Malaysia

notes from Thây's Keynote Address @ World Buddhist Conference 2010 Malaysia http://bit.ly/diJ7BL ☺ palms joined _/|\_

Jul.25.2010 - 7:34 pm

war & peace

¿ anyone here read russian ? am finishing the peaver / volokhonsky translation of war & peace & have some serious questions to discuss with anyone who might know

Comments from Gary

Jun.18.2009 - 6:03 pm

In response to: 2 of my books for free, or as inksmeared deadtree :: take your pick

Thank you Aberjhani

Thank you for that, brother. The award is indeed a great honor, I can only claim or accept on behalf of the 125...

Mar.22.2009 - 8:21 pm

In response to: back from l.a.

yee-ha

sorry to hear about your tootsie, tootsie glad to hear you're in a healing environ (yes, she was on sell phone during...

Dec.07.2008 - 8:59 pm

In response to: Adbusters asks "What Would Buddha Buy?"

cross-posted from Adbusters comments by K

I am going to give my family Appreciation letters for Christmas. I am just going to write a list of all the things that...

Dec.06.2008 - 9:02 am

In response to: happiness and its causes

thank you for your response

thank you for your response and for being my Dad worked for an orphange for much of his life and so it's not...

Nov.27.2008 - 7:32 am

In response to: word for the day :: brain

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thanx harris tweed gary gach http://word.to

Writing

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Article: I Love a Broad Margin in My Life

Article: UNTYING INJUSTICE : The Novice: A Story of True Love, by Thich Nhat Hanh

The Future Looks Good : Haiku by Romanian Students

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Jan.24.2010

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buddhism

Published by The Buddha Diaries, Huffington Post

You may find these to be times when despair and withdrawal seem to be the only rational answers....

Audio & Video

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Audio: Encounter :: Buddhist Poetry

Audio: Sunday Nights on ABC Radio (Australia) with John Cleary

Audio: Engaging Sceptical Minds [radio panel]

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About Gary

RedRoom's smallest author, this scale photo of his countenance is, believe it or not, actual size. There he is, with his little cap, and his little twinkly eyes. Although he weighs less than a box of books, he is, like you or me, susceptible to...

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