The Crumb Road

Talk by Buddhist poet, Maitreyabandhu
at the Sheffield Buddhist Centre 27 October

Prizewinning poet Maitreyabandhu was interviewed about his work and read from his latest collection, The Crumb Road.

The point that most interested me and which related to my own concerns was about what connection he saw between writing poetry and his meditation practice.  Like me he was very aware of the danger inherent in creativity of inflating the ego through wanting attention and recognition for his work.  But he said that he had come to see each as 'a path or gateway into depth', that each was a way of going beyond his present limitations, of venturing into the unknown.  

Suddenly the two came into alignment for me, two paths but one direction.