Monthly Archives: November 2011

thinking globally

Posted on November 27, 2011 by gretchen

She asked me whether I had brought People Magazine on the trip. (The question was loaded with history, with the good-natured teasing we enjoyed around the fact that I sometimes buy People Magazine when I travel, that for awhile I … Continue reading →

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meanwhile, back in the zendo …

Posted on November 21, 2011 by gretchen

Completely unmentioned but silently at operation beneath the surface of these pages, the past couple of months have been characterized by huge dramas, my heart and energies wrapped up in traumatic changes not at Zen Center, but in the organization … Continue reading →

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the episode in which I monkey around with clinging and aversion

Posted on November 13, 2011 by gretchen

One more in a series of random snapshots from my October 2011 trip to China and Thailand. Following adventures at the Fourth and Fifth Ancestors’ temples and the Luhua Nunnery in Hubei Province, my tour group took off for Anhui … Continue reading →

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The episode in which I meet up with some Chinese monks

Posted on November 6, 2011 by gretchen

One in a series of random snapshots from my October 2011 trip to China and Thailand. I was sent to support business meetings in Beijing and that was my first week in China, including some local sightseeing with colleagues.  My … Continue reading →

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