A brief account of her teachers

Shunryu Suzuki, Jaksho Kwong, Sojun Weitsman, Yvonne Rand - from Wende Micco

Elizabeth Baker singing in Berkeley

I would like to invite you to a semi-staged performance of Handel’s Serse (Xerxes) in Berkeley on April 15th presented by the Handel Opera Project. I will sing Serse — the lovestruck and entitled King of Persia — along with an ensemble of fine singers and instrumentalists. As you may know, the opera features the aria 'Ombra mai fu,' one of Handel’s most beloved melodies.

Here are the details:

Handel’s Serse
Sunday, April 15, 7:00 p.m.
Christian Science Organization, 2601 Durant Ave., Berkeley
Chamber Ensemble conducted by William G. Ludtke
Seating is limited

To purchase tickets, go to: Brown Paper Tickets - Serse by George Frideric Handel

Read a rave review of a past performance of Elizabeth's

And to all who check out cuke

thanks Gregory

Need Some Transcribing or other Typing done?

My friend Alice does transcribing for Cuke Archives. She used to be a corporate secretary and does an excellent job. Efficient and economic, good for your budget - because we live a lot cheaper here in Bali than in 1st world countries.

Not only will transcribing work for Alice help to offset her on-the-cheap transcribing for cuke but will help her support her drug and alcohol recovery program - the Lighthouse which Katrinka and I, mainly Katrinka, have been involved with since shortly after we arrived four years ago..

Contact Alice at  ibualice@gmail.com. -  dc

Happy Day!

St. Stupid's Day that is. If you're near the Bay Area, join it and tell 'em I miss 'em.

Official website page for today

cuke page for past Stupid events

Reza Aslan

I was skeptical about Reza Aslan's new series on CNN called Believer. CNN hyped it so much with adds. But I happened to see a couple of shows and I was impressed with his approach, his openmindedness. His show on voodoo was good. I was looking for it on Youtube when I came across a bunch of clips with him. I have vital cuke archiving to do so I just picked a couple of them

Reza Aslan vs CNN talking about generalizing on Islam - this is two years ago.

Reza Aslan with Oprah - of course with Oprah it gets deeper - there are others with her. My favorite is when he says that the mystical approach of all the great religions is to leave the religion behind - it's just a signpost.

Misunderstanding

Your buddha nature exists whether you do zazen or not. Anything you do is an expression of your buddha nature, not someone else's or a demon's. This is so whether you realize it or not. However, though anything you do is your own true nature, you misunderstand the occurrence. The purpose of zazen is to correct this misunderstanding. Such misunderstanding includes judging one self as being angry or kind. Actually, it is not so. We practice zazen so as to learn to accept our true nature as it really is.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Excerpt from Tony Artino notes Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-04-26 found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Many Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. Going slowly through Suzuki transcripts featuring whatever is next that seems okay.

Breathing Practices

Article in NY Times - thanks Gregory 

A Muslim Valentine Message

And the Arab source of respecting women, honoring the female. - thanks Katrinka

The Russian Buddhists v the billionaire

In the Guardian

Thought for the Day

Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.”  - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ode to Leonard Cohen

from a fellow monk. - thanks Katrinka

Leonard Cohen

RIP - glad he got that last album out. A great career and an inspiration. - dc

Rolling Stone obit

thanks Gregory

Mooji's advice for the day

Nothing nothing nothing


thanks Katrinka

The Call Of The Distant Flute

A woman’s healing journey

on Jo Wunderly's True Nature Refuge blog

Jo's cuke page

Leonard Cohen Interview

In the October 17th issue of the New Yorker. - thanks Michael Katz

Lewis Richmond's original music returns live

SUNDAY OCT. 16 2:30 PM

The Melanthium Ensemble presents the second annual Throckmorton Theatre concert with actor/poet Peter Coyote. The concert will include readings by Peter and two musical settings his new poems. Don’t miss it! Throckmorton Theatre is in downtown Mill Valley.

A Request

Richard Levine has a request that I personally took the time to respond to and clicked the Post to Facebook as well.

Richard's cuke page

A true story from Jo (Jenny) Wunderly

How does the Universe Work?

Jo's cuke page

The World Is Too Much With Us

Sometimes I think of this poem, the name echoes new meaning always. - dc

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BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

The world is too much with us; late and soon, 

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;— 

Little we see in Nature that is ours; 

We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! 

This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; 

The winds that will be howling at all hours, 

And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; 

For this, for everything, we are out of tune; 

It moves us not. Great God! I’d rather be 

A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; 

So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, 

Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; 

Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; 

Or hear old Triton blow his wreathèd horn.