The Heart Sutra and Two American Poets

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<p data-key="67">In this workshop we will explore the relationships between the&nbsp;<a data-key="69" href="https://thebuddhistcentre.com/system/files/groups/files/heart_sutra.pdf… Sutra</a>, emptiness and fullness, and two American poets:&nbsp;<a data-key="72" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Whitman">Walt Whitman</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a data-key="75" href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-oliver">Mary Oliver</a>.</p>

<p data-key="78">In the Heart Sutra the emptiness of the&nbsp;<a data-key="80" href="https://www.lionsroar.com/what-are-the-five-skandhas/">five skandhas</a>&nbsp;is &ldquo;filled with&rdquo; something. Do you ever wonder what is going on for the Bodhisattva, &ldquo;Holding to nothing whatever, But dwelling in Prajna wisdom? And how is one &ldquo;freed of delusive hindrance&rdquo; and &ldquo;Rid of the fear bred by it?&rdquo; The poems and poets will be giving us some idea of what&rsquo;s happening, and in ways that only poems can communicate. Vidhuma will use the poetry as a means of communicating; the day won&rsquo;t be an intellectual exercise but a time of immersion in the poetry &mdash; of the Sutra and of the poems.&nbsp;</p>

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<p data-key="89"><strong data-slate-leaf="true">Vidhuma&rsquo;s</strong>&nbsp;name is a Pali expression that translates into &ldquo;No impurities&rdquo; or &ldquo;No obscurations.&rdquo; Historically it was an epithet sometimes used to describe the Buddha&rsquo;s dedicated followers. Aryaloka has been Vidhuma&rsquo;s spiritual home for over three decades. He was ordained in 1997, after first coming into contact with Aryaloka eight years earlier.&nbsp;</p>

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has been a serious lover of the magic of poetry since his childhood. So much that touches the human heart cannot be expressed except by poetry&rsquo;s voice. The same is true for the spiritual life, which is perhaps why the historical Buddha&rsquo;s words were often in verse.&nbsp;</p>