The purpose of #meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at unextraordinary times, to be of the present, nothing-but-in-the-present, to bear this mindfulness of now into each event of ordinary life.

- #PeterMatthiessen, 'The Snow Leopard'

True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen by Lance Richardson Searching for paradise and learning to see it right here now: This was a recurrent theme in Peter Matthiessen’s work. Perhaps it was the dominant theme of his life. from True Nature by Lance …

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Episode 658 – Lance Richardson Virtual Memories Show 658: Lance Richardson “‘Who was Peter Matthiessen?’ is one of those fractals; the closer you look, the more complicated the question becomes.” Writer L…

Let's celebrate my 20,000th day on earth with a new #podcast! @lancerichardson.bsky.social rejoins the show to celebrate his brand-new #biography, TRUE NATURE: The Pilgrimage of #PeterMatthiessen! We talk #writing, #nature, #art, #Bigfoot, & more, so GO LISTEN: chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-6...

"The Zen expression 'Kill the #Buddha!' means to kill any concept of the Buddha as something apart from oneself."

– Peter Matthiessen

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In Paradise by Peter Matthiessen The bestselling final novel by a writer of incomparable range, power, and achievement, a three-ti...

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"...as Dickens observed after his visit to this country, “These Americans do love a scoundrel.”" — from Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen

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In The Spirit Of Crazy Horse-Peter Matthiessen : Peter Matthiessen : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive “The first solidly documented account of the U.S. government’s renewed assault upon American Indians that began in the 1970s.”—Dee Brown, Chicago...

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