Author Archives: Ron Pavellas
Haiku as the Present Moment
The Buddhist Patriarch Bodhidharma traveled from India to China to establish Buddhism there. Over the centuries, Buddhism spread from China, including to Japan where Zen ultimately developed as a spartan version. Some scholars say that haiku is a further refinement … Continue reading
Posted in haiku, Poetry, Zen
Tagged Basho, Bodhidharma, ego, James Hackett, Paul Russell Miller, Robert Spiess
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Southern Africa: A Post-Colonial Opportunity for Peace Lost Forever
The stimulus for this article comes from a distant familial connection with a man in the Republic of South Africa. Through DNA matching we learned that we have at least one ancestor in common, apparently from the village of Velanidia … Continue reading
Posted in African Colonialism, South Africa
Tagged Angola, Apartheid, Botswana, Eswatini (Swaziland), Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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The Pavellas Perspective 