Anthony Tshering

The Acceptance of Suffering

Inevitably we falter. Inevitably the slow cycle of boredom and suffering begins to hurt us. Many of us choose busyness,

“Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while, a great wind carries me across the sky.”-

I’m back in California, spending Thanksgiving week with my parents. Because of COVID, I haven’t seen much of them over

A recent observation: we are a society that hates boredom. After all, why be bored when we have so many

One hundred years ago, William Butler Yeats wrote the poem “The Second Coming.” Much was happening in the world when

I wrote something for Tricycle magazine! An excerpt to the beginning for you to peruse: During a lecture, a student asked Shunryu Suzuki, the

In adulthood, it can feel like there are few opportunities for real possibility in one’s daily life. We are slaves

I wanted to apologize for the lack of recent post. There’s a reason for it, of course: I’ve been busy

Just a quick post, I wrote something for Mental Hellth, a newsletter about mental health and capitalism. The full version

I don’t have a ton of time before my work day starts. But wanted to share a poem I reread

I just finished Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis.” What a fucking story. I’ve read a lot more Kafka in the past year

IFC Center in Manhattan has been showing a Wong Kar-Wai retrospective, and today I saw “Happy Together ” for the

This blog can definitely veer into mystical or weird, which I hope some of you find interesting. But today I

This week I’ve dug Paul Tillich’s “The Courage to Be.” I’m surprised by how much I love it, considering that

I’ve written ad nauseam about meditation, and you’re probably tired of hearing about it. But it is an endlessly important