To Robe the Burning World

Part I: Aspiration

BISON

Threading My Needle

SEWING MY OKESA

Off the Bridge, Onto the Cushion

THE TRIAL

Two Robes

Red Light

TEACHING CHILD'S POSE

Back Inside

Tightrope

COPPERHEADS

Kill Switch

SCIENTISTS' CLIFFS

Fossilized

THE BOATHOUSE

Heavy Metal

MR. NEW JERSEY

A Hammer to the Head

FOLK ART

The Stain

FEED YOUR DEMONS

You'll Learn

Sponsors

TWELVE CALLS

Part II: Practice

DEEP WATERING

Working Hands

Dear Teacher: On Dogen's "Virtue of Home Leaving"

DEADHEADING THE SUNFLOWERS

Avatars

APOLLO AND THE BLUE JAY

Calypso & Circe

Dear Teacher: On Dogen's "Arousing the Aspiration for Enlightenment" BELOW THE WINDSOR PARK
FLIGHTPATH

The Gateless Gate

UNDER THE LIVE OAK

Firewood and Ash

Transcend

BRUSHFIRES

Fellowship

Baton Rouge Bardo

MAGNOLIA GROVE

Part III: Enlightenment

UNRECORDED DHARMA TALK

Dear Teacher: On Dogen's "Power of the Robe"

BEYOND ELEGY

Broken Glass

THE FIRE TOWER

Reading Myself

SEVENS

Dear Teacher: On Dogen's "Four Horses"

THE PLANT

Calvert Cliffs

SEAWALL

Ceremony

DEATH LETTER

Nazi Dagger

MY GRANDFATHER'S TRUNK

Part IV: Nirvana

PARABLE OF THE PLANTS

The Kyosaku

ENLIGHTENED

Dear Teacher: On Dogen's "Receiving the Precepts"

Canyon of the Eagles

NIGHT OWL

Ceasefire

GRAY ALPHABETS

Jizo

THE SOUND ARTIST

Fixed

NO TRACE

Between the Wolf and the Dog

SEWING NEEDLES

Dear Teacher: On Dogen's "One Hundred Eight Gates of Realizing Dharma"

RIVER RUN

Sitting with Buddha

TO ROBE THE BURNING WORLD

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