Gabriel Gudding's Blog, page 36

friendship - skillful shaking

Upakāro ca yo mittosukhe dukkhe ca yo sakhāatthakkhāyī ca yo mittoyo ca mittānukampako
 
Etepi mitte cattāro iti viññāya paṇḍito sakkaccaṃ payirupāseyya mātā puttaṃ va orasaṃ.








the friend who is helpmate
the friend in happiness and sorrow
the friend who gives good advice
the friend who sympathizes
 
these four as friends the careful have
and cherish
as a mother her own child

dīgha nikāya 3.265
About ten years ago while a graduate student at Cornell I studied Pali with a linguist of southeast Asian languages,

Old MiPoesias Interview on Creative Writing Pedagogy - revised

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MiPoesias: Revista Literaria

revision of old interview on teaching

with Angela Armitage


For VOLUME 19, ISSUE 3 ISSN 1543-6063

 found in non-revised form here 

 [I've wanted to revise the tone and content of this interview for several  years now:].

You're a professor of English at Illinois State University.  Presumably, you teach writing workshops.  For the benefit of our audience, what, in your opinion, are the most common mistakes made by aspiring writers? How do you help them to imp

Radio Interview with Joe Milford about Writing, Buddhadhamma, Vipassana, Objectivism

Joe Milford and I have a long conversation on his radio show about poetry, writing, buddhadhamma, Rhode Island Notebook, etc. 

A Rationale for Writing Poetry with a Kind Mind

Considering the conflicted phenomenon called "Ezra Pound" and the performance of reactivity and anger associated with the conception of "poet" in western letters, and, yeah, considering the way the notion of the "ethical" is often conflated with the agitation for social justice through displays of ill humor and quarreling, it occurred to me that someone should probably ask, as we continue this life's course of writing together, that we do so as people who actively wish one another well.

In the Ni

what Rilke sd to do with sorrow

Overflowing heavens of squandered stars
flame brilliantly above your troubles. Instead
of into your pillows, weep up toward them.
There, at the already weeping, at the ending visage,
slowly thinning out, ravishing
worldspace begins. Who will interrupt,
once you force your way there,
the current? No one. You may panic,
and fight that overwhelming course of stars
that streams toward you. Breathe.
Breathe the darkness of the earth and again
look up! Again. Lightly and facelessly
depths lean toward you from abo

Lorine Niedecker Happy Birthday We Love You Still!

On this day May 12 the genius Lorine Niedecker poet was born in 1903
This is what she looked like in like 1965 or something
WASNT SHE TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!????

YAY FOR LORINE NIEDECKER, WISCONSINITE, GENERAL DECENT PERSON

May 12, 1903 - December 31, 1970) was born on the Black Hawk Island near Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. She lived most of her life here in rural isolation. She was the only woman associated with the Objectivist poets and is widely credited for demonstrating how an Objectivist poetic could

Craig Arnold presumed dead on Kuchino-erabu

[An image of Craig's footprint on Sukurajima, in the volcanoes of the Ryukyu Islands, taken from his facebook page. He is presumed dead on Kuchino-erabu, a volcano in the northern Ryukyu archipelago, after sustaining a leg injury and falling from a very high cliff:].
from Rebecca Lindenberg:
"Our dear friends and family, 
Though Craig himself has not been recovered, the amazing expert trackers of 1SRG have been able to make themselves and us certain of what has become of Craig. His trail indicates t

Craig Arnold still missing please help

[please consider donating to aid the search for Craig. note that anything left over will go to establishing an education fund for his son Robin. Craig's been missing for about a week.:]

[the below from Rebecca Lindenberg, Craig's partner:]

The Fund to Find Craig Arnold

"This fund has been created to support the search efforts for Craig Arnold. The outpouring of concern for Craig has been remarkable, and your donation will be deeply appreciated. Thank you for your help and support.

Your donation will b

poet Craig Arnold missing

from Jill Essbaum:

Hi all. I apologize if you are receiving this email in duplicate, as there are several of us forwarding this. 

I'm writing because a dear friend of mine and an exceptionally talented poet, Craig Arnold, whom some of you know, has gone missing on a small volcanic island in Japan while on a creative exchange fellowship. Craig, an experienced explorer of volcanoes, never returned to his inn after leaving alone to research the island's active volcano for the afternoon. The authoriti

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In
short
what
would
happen
if
we
tried
to
rise
above
self
interest
in
order
to return
to
the sacred?

-- Curtis White, fr p. 70 of The Spirit of Disobedience: Resisting the Charms of Fake Politics, Mindless Consumption, and the Culture of Total Work
[answer:  WE WOULD RETURN TO THE SACRED][image error]