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IdeasMagazine | Special Section
Satyagraha Special Section: Blueprints of Freedom
How Martin Luther King, Jr., brought satyagraha to the U.S. and revolutionized the civil rights movement.
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
Satyagraha Special Section: Introduction
An introduction to our special section, Satyagraha: The Force of Truth
CultureMagazine | Special Section
Satyagraha Special Section: Unbending Intent, An Interview with Philip Glass
Philip Glass talks with Tricycle about how Gandhi has inspired his life and work.
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
Satyagraha Special Section: Where We Go From Here
By applying Buddhist ideals to present-day issues, engaged Buddhism takes the dynamics of Gandhi’s work in an inspiring direction.
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
Satyagraha Special Section: The Psychology of Nonviolence
Gandhi’s lifelong engagement with human imperfection changed the future of politics.
Features
The R Word
Fundamentalists here and abroad have been giving religion a bad rap lately, and so-called militant atheists have used the opportunity to take up the offensive. But according to prominent sociologist Robert N. Bellah, both sides have…
Sacred Seeds
Just as a seed contains the whole plant, the syllables of Siddham calligraphy are concentrations of enlightened energy. This holy script played a crucial role in the journey of Tantric Buddhism from ancient India to East…
Departments
A Mindful Balance
What did the Buddha really mean by “mindfulness?” B. Alan Wallace describes how misunderstanding the term can have implications for your practice.
The Subtleties of a Sutra
Getting Emptiness
Letters Spring 2008
FORGETTING THE FREAKS Andrew Goodwin’s review of Christopher Hitchens’s God Is Not Great (Fall 2007) is slanted and confused. Although Goodwin applauds the book (except where it applies to Buddhism), he uses the review as a…
MeditationMagazine | On The Cushion
The Myth of the Experienced Meditator
After thirty years of practice, one meditator finds it's gotten him nowhere. That's just fine with him.
Sowing the Seeds of Freedom
Ajaan Lee explains how the Buddha gave us the tools to free ourselves.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | On Gardening
The Voices of the Watershed
In an excerpt from her new book, Gardening at the Dragon’s Gate, Wendy Johnson recalls a personal pilgrimage across the mountains of Northern California.
Kung Fu HQ
Shaolin's story
CultureMagazine | Parting Words
Everything Ends
Artwork by An Xiao. Haiku by Andrew Schelling.
TeachingsMagazine | Thus Have I Heard
Unreal Imagination Exists
Understanding the Buddha's paradoxical view of reality
MeditationMagazine | Dharma Talk
Triumph of the Heart
Joseph Goldstein teaches that we can improve the way we relate to others—strangers and friends alike.
Hunting Down Happiness
What makes some countries happy as clams (or Icelanders).
IdeasMagazine | Sangha Spotlight
Salute to Buddhism
A dharma hall opens in a most unlikely place: the United States Air Force Academy.
Number One Fool
Taitetsu Unno teaches that Buddhism is the inclusive path of optimism.
MeditationMagazine | On Practice
The Lucky Dark
A guide to allowing a gentle and meaningful death for our loved ones and for ourselves, from Joan Halifax.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Interview
Nature Unfolding
Contributing editor Katy Butler speaks with renowned architect Christopher Alexander, who has spent decades investigating the source and forms of beauty. What he has found is a pathway to God.
The Logic of Compassion
Loving, one step at a time
Contributors Spring 2008
Joan Halifax, Zen teacher and Abbot of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, brought her experience as a…
Taking Flight
How teenagers in an impoverished Parisian neighborhood discovered Buddhism and the courage to sustain hope.
Books in Brief Spring 2008
A look at some of the latest Buddhist titles, hot off the presses.
Riding the Wave
Practicing caring connection, Sylvia Boorstein learns, can bring peace—even under the threat of natural disaster.
Heroes and Communities
IT IS TEMPTING, almost habitual, to view Gandhi through the prism of Western individualism, as a solitary leader who somehow lifted the entire Indian subcontinent on his shoulders and, David-like, took a stand against the Goliath…
Rethinking Karma
How are we meant to understand this key Buddhist teaching?