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@Amanda thank you for always pushing me to think better about spiritual and material debts for my economics of karma development. And of course just affirming my taurus ♉️ ain’t just hedonism. Following stories to come after finishing the Autostraddle piece on queerly kneeling and IKAM with @Maria José ◦ Noodle propitiation ◦ Potato chipsContinue reading “Coming soon”

In Northern school we learn through the sastras, the incredible words, and in Tang Dynasty Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sutra was translated by Great Venerable XuanZhang. This sutra is attributed to Nāgārjuna, who went to the depths of the sea and learned the protected 🔐 teachings in 🐉 lairs. Low 🔑 love how he got to such masteryContinue reading “摩訶般若波羅蜜”

Malas gifts from monk shifus who receive these from the ten directions Sending these over ocean 🌊 liner to friends in this darkening winter season. I would like to incorporate more attention into learning the materials and woods and seeds and such precious stones. I desire knowing where they come from and were they takenContinue reading “decolonize + reindigenize + enhance malas”

it’s a thing! this kind of kink is painful playful stories to chronicle. 2 temples, too many stories. power dynamics, seniority, subversive and sublimated sexuality, repressive traditions and religiosity, intimacy hidden and overt. thanks to my dear friend in barcelona, i’ll be writing and pitching these tales to an exciting new mag. love you mariaContinue reading “temple erotic”

Notes from last convos with friends in this time of departure into retreats for the next years. Will see about updates when I get my phone to speak with my sister in Kenya occasionally: Dear friend🙏🏼, I’ve been told by many monastics that my activism will have to take a backseat for a long while…andContinue reading “Interlude: temple memories and new diaries”

reflecting on education these days. a friend called out this monastery for being the University of Phoenix with its recorded lecture style of dumb unintentional learning. really, it’s the patriarchy’s clever handhold on the teacher position, delaying local women teachers from stepping up, and using digital means to fortify the male dominated strata. what isContinue reading “integration + initiation”