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  • Fiona Nuttall

    Fiona Nuttall |

    Because of your military background and Sandhurst voice,
    Because of your wild white eyebrows, as mobile as eels,
    Because I knew you before I knew you,
    Because you could see with your third eye,
    Because you saw me and smiled,
    Because you said, ‘Are you ready for an adventure?’
    Because I felt heard and known,
    Because of your delight in chocolate biscuits,
    Because of the predictability of cauliflower cheese…

    Read more of: Poem for John
  • Fiona Nuttall

    Fiona Nuttall |

    When I was asked to write something for New Chan Forum about how I ended up as Simon’s Dharma heir I took a sharp intake of breath. How could I get that down in sentences? It has been a long, perhaps even tortuous, journey with many side roads and incursions into various unexpected places. I discussed this with some Christian friends of mine who I consider to be part of my wider Sangha and whom I…

    Read more of: The Path to Transmission

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