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IdeasMagazine | Special Section
Law and Order
Shakyamuni Buddha: A life retold
What Does Being a Buddhist Mean to You?
"'I'm responsible' is what it means, plus more reflections on being Buddhist and voting
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
Freedom’s Just Another Word
What truly is liberation? According to Smithers, it's not just a matter of outer freedoms.
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
Agent of Change
An interview with bell hooks
TeachingsMagazine | Special Section
Precepts: Ethics in Action
By the People, For the People
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
The Politics of Enlightenment
An interview with Robert A.F. Thurman
Features
Samsara Squared
Can virtual reality really make it easier for people to penetrate the nature of mind? Or will it just help us drown in our peculiarly American dukkha?
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Mindful to the Quarter-inch
Mid-afternoon, twenty-four hours into a three-day vipassana retreat, I entered the teacher’s cottage for my interview. Although I had attended many meditation retreats with lay teachers, this was my first interview with an Asian monk. Hesitant, bowing,…
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Driving Me Crazy
Diary of an American Zen Failure in Japan
Report from Rio: The Earth Summit
Entries from the 1992 U.N. Conference on Environment and Development
Rebirth: A Case for Buddhist Agnosticism
Stephen Batchelor on rebirth
Departments
Points of Departure: Zen Buddhism With a Rinzai View
If Soto Zen's popularity has anything to do with endorsing the growing tendency among Zen students to practice as if enlightenment-experience has nothing to do with Zen, then it's time for a Rinzai revival.
Compassion in Action: Setting Out on the Path of Service
A taste of the mighty spiritual potential that dwells in simple acts of love and compassion.
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk
Continuous Mind
If we believe that mind is continuous, our love for others becomes continuous.
Negative Capability: Kerouac’s Buddhist Ethic
Allen Ginsberg writes about Jack Kerouac and the Buddhist background that infiltrated both his life and his literary work.
Spirit and Nature: Why the Environment Is a Religious Issue
A more sophisticated understanding of human nature concerning the environmental crisis.
Letters to the Editor Fall 1992
From our readers
Platform Sutra 1992
A letter from the editor
Buddhism, Sexuality, and Gender
An intriguing collection of essays on gender and sexuality in Buddhism by first-rate scholars.
In the News Fall 1992
The reincarnations of Kalu Rinpoche, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and His Holiness the Karmapa, and more in Buddhist news
Documenting the Dalai Lama
A review of three documentaries on His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
TeachingsMagazine | Brief Teachings
Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche’s Bardo Teachings
In one of his final teachings the Buddha introduced the idea of tathagatagarbha, the buddha essence within every sentient being. The teachings make it very clear that tathagatagarbha pervades all beings equally in quantity as well…
ObituariesMagazine | In Transition
Mary Farkas
Mary Farkas (1911-1992) Mary Farkas, director of the First Zen Institute of America, died on June 7th in New York City. She was eighty-one years old and her long life embodied the transmission of Zen from…
ObituariesMagazine | In Transition
Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche
Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche was recognized as an incarnation of the previous Jamgon Kongtrul of the Kagyu lineage.
Heart Print
Brice Marden's Cold Mountain Paintings
Letters to the Editor Fall 1992
From our readers
Books in Brief Fall 1992
Stuart Smithers reviews books from Burton Watson, John S. Strong, Thomas Cleary, and others.
Zen Buddhism in the 20th Century
“Reflections on a few aspects of the encounter between Zen and the West.”
The Future of the Body: Explorations Into the Further Evolution of Human Nature
The fruit of seventeen years of study and research as well as experience as founder and guiding spirit of Esalen.