Outrider

Particularly irreligious poems by the Tibetan monk, Gendun Chophel (CE 1903-1951), in for form of the classical "alphacrostic." Transcreated to our English ABCs by StevenRAJ..

Each poem of the collection is an image of liminality between sacred and profane; vessel and contents. These "love" poems are sometimes peaceful, and sometimes fierce; ironic and uncanny. Compositional styles include the classical ode, blues, rock, free-form, pithy, and prosaic.

Spontaneous three-liners in the tradition of zen and beat poetries

The Liberation of Scholar Prince Earnest Priest, an hagiography of Gendun Chophel of Tibet (1904-1951) by Gnostic Ocean (1905-1975). Priest's life and liberation is detailed including direct quotes from his own vernacular. Headings and scholarly notes are included by the translator, StevenRAJ.

Translation of Gendun Chophel's modern and interdisciplinary essay on Tibetan culture: an anthropology of their folk traditions. This article features an astonishing variety of examples of old Tibet phenomenologically related to the present. The author's contemplative and poetic asides complete the text.

Tibetan Modernist Gendun Chophel's treatise on the Buddhist concept of valid cognition as championed by Master Dignāga; this treatise serves as an introduction to the author's even deeper and maddening musings on Middle Way metaphysics. Translated by StevenRAJ.

Learn for ourselves the foundations and wondrous applications of pop haiku. From Japanese Zen to the Kerouacian pop, learn the principles of haiku (and try it out, too!).

This article can be used as a source for an ocean of haibun, an accessible and traditional literary form. Engage the prompt at the end of the article and write haibun to your heart's content.