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Leonard Cohen	Noah D	13.11.16 20:14
RE: Leonard Cohen	svmonk	13.11.16 20:18
RE: Leonard Cohen	. Jake .	14.11.16 10:03
RE: Leonard Cohen	svmonk	14.11.16 21:58
RE: Leonard Cohen	CJMacie	14.11.16 01:28
RE: Leonard Cohen	Noah D	14.11.16 09:54

Noah D, geändert vor 7 Jahren at 13.11.16 20:14

Created 7 Jahren ago at 13.11.16 20:14

Leonard Cohen

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Deep Zen practitioner and longtime student of Joshu Sasaki Roshi died this week. I suggest people listen to "Hallelujah" to engage writh his understanding of the unconditioned. Also, this documentary is about his relationship with Sasaki Roshi: https://m.youtube./watch?v=HJuJQI0RMiw

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svmonk, geändert vor 7 Jahren at 13.11.16 20:18

Created 7 Jahren ago at 13.11.16 20:18

RE: Leonard Cohen

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Thanx for posting this Noah.

Anyone know what the proximate cause of death was? All the obituaries I've read don't say. I've read that he was performing as recently as this summer.

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Jake , geändert vor 7 Jahren at 14.11.16 10:03

Created 7 Jahren ago at 14.11.16 10:03

RE: Leonard Cohen

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http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/17/leonard-cohen-makes-it-darker

This interview/profile is from about a month ago. It's really well written and goes back and forth between a contemporary interview with him (like, several weeks ago I think) and an overview of his life and work with some great quotes from his contemporaries, especially Dylan. I found it very moving, but I can't remember if it goes into detail about his health issues. Nevertheless he was anticipating death and was in quite a bit of discomfort iirc.

"Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in"

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svmonk, geändert vor 7 Jahren at 14.11.16 21:58

Created 7 Jahren ago at 14.11.16 21:57

RE: Leonard Cohen

Beiträge: 401 Beitrittsdatum: 23.08.14 Neueste Beiträge

Hi . Jake .,

Thanx for posting the poem, it is really great!

I've been hauted by "Hallelujah!" ever since I heard it performed by a friend's daughter at a Christmas party. Even though it is massively overplayed and has become almost muzak.

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