This Dancing of Living
In the beginningless, endless holomoving, – process congealing as form, and form resolving as process – mystery emerged, sperming and egging fused, thus, he-to-be, or should we say, be-to-he, and she;...
View ArticleContemplating Beginner’s Body
Abstract: We often regard our body as a skin encapsulated organism of flesh and blood and sensation. Ironically, we seem to be mostly interested in it when it is malfunctioning, when it is demanding...
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Bouquets of Gratitude
Recently we have had the opportunity to extend our thanks to many of the people who have supported us in various ways over the years. We thought to post this on GDT as a way of sharing the merit....
View ArticleNew Booklet and Audio Recording
We recently completed a wonderful retreat at Wangapeka. Over the two weeks we explored the possibility of awakening practice that is open and innovative, and immediately accessible. Each morning I...
View ArticleThe Unbroken Wholeness of Sublime Understanding and Love
Dear FriendsWhat a mystery;This life we are living.Immeasurable realms of becoming,Translucent dancing,Blossoming fields of knowing,Together weaving this seamless fabric of today,The only life we...
View ArticleThe Gift of Dharma
In all Buddhist traditions the practice of generosity (dana) is recognized as being the bedrock of dharma practice. Many texts describe the myriad forms and types of generosity. One category is...
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;...
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 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 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 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...
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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 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...
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 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 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 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 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 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...
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