Snyder, Kerouac, and the Dharma
The worlds like an endlessfour-dimensionalGame of Go. Riprap, Gary Snyder “All these people,” said...
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The Intersection of Buddhism and the Beat Generation
The 1950s in America was not a period known for its religious diversity. The spiritual consumerism...
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Gary Snyder: Heart-Beat – A Diptych
“From a certain point onward there is no turning back. This is the point that must be reached.”...
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Buddhists and Dharma Bums
Sometime in the early 1950s, the Beat Generation helped bring Buddhism to the West, or at least...
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Turtle Island: An Eco-Critique of Capitalism
In the modern era the sustainability of both our daily lives and global systems has become an...
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East Coast Beats vs. West Coast Beats
The Beats as we know them are a New York City phenomena and walk hand in hand with Abstract...
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Sixty Years After the Six Gallery Reading
October 7th, 1955, was arguably one of the most important dates in American literature. On that...
Read More The Dharma Bums: Judging a Book by its Cover
On Dave Moore’s wonderful Beat Generation Facebook group – a partner to the very...
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The Beat Generation at War
From Beatdom #15 – Available now on Amazon as a print and Kindle publication: The...
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The Second Wave of American Interest in Japanese Culture: Alan Watts, Jack Kerouac, and Gary Snyder
by Charlie Canning Photos by John La Farge and David S. Wills Since the Treaty of Kanagawa...
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American Zen
Zen Buddhism is nearly impossible to write about. The use of words and logic to explain Zen are in...
Read MoreTristessa: Heavengoing
by Paul Arendt Jack Kerouac’s surroundings invariably affected his writing style. Narrator Leo Percepied’s voice in The Subterraneans reflected Kerouac’s emergent interest in psychology, and the author’s vision of the...
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