Commentary on The Seven-fold Prayer
I’m happy to be posting a new Commentary on The Seven-fold Prayer. This essay is a greatly expanded version of a chapter that originally appeared in “The Unbroken Wholeness of Sublime Understanding...
View ArticleTwo New Posts
Dear Friends of Green Dharma Treasury I wanted to wish you all well, wherever you are and however your life is unfolding, and to draw your attention to two new posts on GDT. One is a short essay that...
View ArticleReflections and Prayers
Dear Readers In the midst of this global pandemic of fear driven greed, hatred, delusion, I am reposting a slightly edited version of “Reflections and Prayers: Nurturing a Life of Natural Awakening”....
View ArticleNew Section in Green Dharma Treasury
Dear friendsIt seems timely that in the midst of spreading authoritarianism, resurgent strongman politics, failing economic structures, and rapidly transforming ecologies (here in Aotearoa/New Zealand...
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2025, End of Year Prayer
From Orgyen Hermitage,nestled in the lea of the rugged Kaimai range,cradled in this fleeting appearance called Bay of Plenty,some words of heartfelt aspiration. May all beings, everywhere,be graced...
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What We Love
Sangha friends, Kath Mitchell, Mark Schrader and Chani Grieve are facilitating a heart-felt Wangapeka community exploration of ethics called,”Refraining from Harm, Supporting All Life”. They have...
View ArticleBreathing Sanity for All Beings
In the midst of so much thoroughly depressing news of violence, inhumanity and tragic short-sightedness, a warm light occasionally shines through that warms my heart and strengthens my determination...
View ArticleA Bouquet of Flowers in the Midst of Suffering
I am animate.I am an animal.I am born from life and living,And so, dear friend, are you.Everything we experience reverberates with these truths. Age and health; these days, my cells, and organs and...
View ArticleFilm Making, Flute Making, Human Making: a fruitful collaboration
Years back, I was given a shakuhachi. This generous gift branched into myriad explorations, that enriched my life and the lives of many I interacted with. With Kelvin Falconer I explored flute making...
View ArticlePrimordial Dharma– A Daily Meditation and Practice
I’m happy to be able to post “Primordial Dharma – a Daily Meditation and Practice.” Here are a few words from the introduction. “This short yet pithy text outlines a process of gradual attunement to a...
View ArticleChristmas Giftings
Dear Readers It’s Christmas day in NZ. A gentle rain is thwap, thwap, thwapping on the palm leaves and a vast chorus of birdsong is celebrating the moment. Wherever you are and however you find...
View ArticleGaza Catastrophe – Human Catastrophe
A month has gone by since my last post titled Gaza Catastrophe. During that time the situation there has become unimaginably worse. I have felt compelled to write further. We take refuge in love and...
View ArticleGaza Catastrophe
I come from my mother,and mother I be,forest and sky and thee. The suffering in Gaza has become too horrific for me to not say something on Green Dharma Treasury. Not speaking makes me feel somehow...
View ArticleNew Book : “Gifts of Wonderment”
Dear Friends in DharmaI’m delighted to share with you the first section of a new book which I’m calling “Gifts of Wonderment”. This is a relatively polished draft of what will eventually be a much...
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Excerpt from Tarchin’s New Book “This Nectar of Naturalness”
After a very extended labour, midwifed by Stephen, Mary and the printers in Auckland, I’m delighted to announce that the final version of This Nectar of Naturalness is now now available in a...
View ArticleThe Symphony of Natural Awakening
Dear friendsI just listened to a wonderful recording by biologist, teacher and writer, David Haskell. It seemed to capture in 40 minutes what I feel I have been hinting at in teaching for all these...
View ArticleWhat To Do When It All Seems Too Much
Please click here to download or read a fully formatted PDF version. It’s been raining all week. A weather system of blocking highs and small intense lows is funnelling hot humid equatorial air down...
View ArticleThich Nhat Hahn
Today, Jan. 22, 2022, Thich Nhat Hanh died in Vietnam and my heart is cracked thoroughly openmoist eyes of gratitudeand a big smilethankyou Thay, thankyou, thankyou, thankyousmiling, breathing,...
View ArticleThis Nectar of Naturalness
I’m very happy to announce the posting of a recently completed book called “This Nectar of Naturalness” For those who would like to download it immediately, please click here. My hope is that readers...
View ArticleThis Wild and Wonderful Truth
My Dear FriendsSitting here at Orgyen, cancer and covid within and around me; a natural retreat – a blessing. I find myself contemplating life and death and dharma in an expansive field of memories;...
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