[New-Poetry] Zen Poetry

[Elaine Brown]

Well, Leonard Cohen had that whole kafafel last year with one of his money
managers (I can¹t remember which one exactly) and practically lost it all.
The person just skipped town with L.C.¹s money.  Others that had basically
made their living from his work came forward and gave money back to him.

It¹s a nice little monestary, by the way.  And Myokyo is a diligent,
grounded, dear woman.  A friend of mine lived at Centre Zen (or Rinzai Zen,
as they call it in the article) for a while so I was able to visit the
center and meet Myokyo, though I never did any of the morning or evening
sits.  Happened to eat breakfast next to Leonard Cohen one morning too.
He¹s a deep voiced, quiet, nice man, as you¹d expect.  Though we only talked
about restaurants with espresso machines and matching freezers.


On 3/15/07 6:22 PM, "Anny Ballardini" <anny.ballardini at tin.it> wrote:

> If I were rich enough to be a benefactor I would also support a Zen monastery.
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>> ----- Original Message -----
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>> From:  jforjames at aol.com
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>> To: new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu
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>> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 6:36  PM
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>> Subject: [New-Poetry] Zen Poetry
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>> http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?id=d1227742-43f0-4
>> 48a-98dc-05f22c1bdd25
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>> A poetry festival beyond description
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>> Montreal Zen centre launches event as it looks toward a move from  benevolent
>> landlord Leonard Cohen
>> PAT DONNELLY, The Gazette
>> Published:  Thursday, March 15, 2007
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>> The abbess is in. Her name is Myokyo. She serves green tea and talks of a
>> newborn literary festival devoted to Zen poetry and her dreams of raising
>> enough funds to secure a larger, permanent home temple (called Enpuku-ji) for
>> Rinzai Zen in Montreal.
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>> For 12 years, the Centre Zen de la Main at 30 Vallieres St. on the  Plateau
>> has been living rent-free, thanks to the generosity of a landlord who  also
>> happens to be a Zen Buddhist - and a poet, not to mention a pop music  icon:
>> Leonard Cohen.
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>>  
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