Godthings

“I’ve always liked that Buddha, in order to talk about sin and temptation, had to pass through the city of sin and temptation. He didn’t avoid it, he went through it, came out with a vision that exceeded it. That’s a spiritual journey. If you stand still, you know nothing about spirituality.”

— Stephen Dunn, Poet of Restraint and Extravagance: A Conversation with Stephen Dunn (an interview with Stephen Dunn by Nightsun), Nightsun 20 (2 Mar. 2000)