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13 Ways of Making Poetry a Spiritual Practice

By lokabandhu on Sun, 4 Dec, 2011 - 06:25

13 Ways of Making Poetry a Spiritual Practice

By lokabandhu on Sun, 4 Dec, 2011 - 06:25Maitreyabandhu , a poet and Triratna Order Member from the London Buddhist Centre, writes with news of his latest article, published in Magma 51, a well-known poetry journal. He says “It’s called 13 Ways of Making Poetry a Spiritual Practice - so far the response has been very positive. So I thought I’d make it a bit known. Here’s the opening paragraph and first two points:

‘Spiritual life is primarily concerned with overcoming self-centredness, with committing ourselves...
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A poem from Maitreyabandhu - and a poetry reading

By lokabandhu on Mon, 17 Oct, 2011 - 06:03

A poem from Maitreyabandhu - and a poetry reading

By lokabandhu on Mon, 17 Oct, 2011 - 06:03Maitreyabandhu, a regular contributor to Triratna News, writes with news of his latest publication - and a poetry reading. He says - “I’m having my first ever pamphlet of poems published, courtesy of my winning the ‘Poetry Business Book and Pamphlet Competition’ this year. It’s called ‘The Bond’.

The judge, Simon Armitage described my collection as ‘Nostalgic, but not sentimental or wistful, the poems have a real sense of the here and now that holds the attention...

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