88 books
—
10 voters
1996
“
Dream: I look for
Lama Lodrö Kagyu
teacher friend
hearing
he's ill & I'm ill, too -
I enter his room
and he says "I've
been trying to find
you - I wanted you
to know illness
is just phenomena
...more
”
― What Use Am I a Hungry Ghost? Poems from 3-year Retreat
― What Use Am I a Hungry Ghost? Poems from 3-year Retreat
“
Nobody knows how many North Koreans have died or are dying in the famine—some estimates by foreign-aid groups run as high as three million in the period from 1995 to 1998 alone—but the rotund, jowly face of Kim Il Sung still beams down contentedly from every wall, and the 58-year-old son looks as chubby as ever, even as his slenderized subjects are mustered to applaud him.
”
― Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays
― Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays