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TeachingsMagazine | Special Section
The Jhanas: Perfect States of Concentration
An introduction to the special section
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Special Section
A Mind Pure, Concentrated, and Bright
An interview with meditation teacher Leigh Brasington
MeditationMagazine | Special Section
Absorbed in the Breath
Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo tells us how to use the breath to develop the four levels of jhana
MeditationMagazine | Special Section
Opening the Gates of Consciousness
The jhanas are more than a means to insight. They can yield benefits of their own.
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
The Path of Serenity and Insight
How did the jhanas fit into the Buddha's own liberation, and how did they become the backbone of his teachings?
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Special Section
Seeing for Yourself
A monk recalls his teacher's bootstrap method for navigating the jhanas
Features
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
The Great Indoors
Field notes from a First Vipassana Retreat
Rucksack Poetry
How haiku found a home in America
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Roundtable: Through Good Times and Bad
Sharon Salzberg, Jack Kornfield, and Joseph Goldstein discuss thirty years of teaching in the West.
In On The Laugh
David O. Russell shows us just how funny Buddhism really is in his new film I HEART Huckabees
Departments
Crossing Paths
Several months ago, at a packed auditorium in lower Manhattan, Pema Chödrön, one of the West’s most revered teachers, spoke frankly before a rapt audience about the challenges of dharma practice. She acknowledged that there had…
Buddhism, more or less
The path in plain English
The World is Real
John Daido Loori captures Point Lobos
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Insights
He Ruled His Kingdom
Lama Surya Das tells us auspicious tales of the Sixteenth Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje.
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk
Realizing Guiltlessness
The Venerable Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche speaks with Pema Chödrön.
Letters to the Editor Winter 2004
Race Does MatterI read with interest Tracy Cochran’s recent interview with Vipassana teacher Gina Sharpe: “Does Race Matter in the Meditation Hall?” [Fall 2004]. The questions Ms. Cochran poses are useful in that they address the…
Contributors Winter 2004
Andrew Schelling (“Rucksack Poetry,”) tells us: “As a poet who is continually indebted to Asia, I’ve been a longtime watcher and writer of haiku. Surely the most recognizable form of poetry on our continent, haiku also…
MeditationMagazine | On Practice
Mahakala At Work
Learn to handle conflict skillfully, from the watercooler to the boardroom.
Loads On The Road
Stu’s stubby head tough old yellow dump truckparked by his place “For Sale”he’s fine, but times and people change. Those loads of river-run and crushed blue mime rockin our roadbed Stu and…
It Takes A Village
HIV-positive villagers find refuge in a Thai temple.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Insights
Pretty in Pink
When bald was beautiful: Kate Wheeler remembers her temporary ordination in Burma.
Questions for your answers
A book about koans
MeditationMagazine | Off The Cushion
Competing with the Incomparable
Q&A with Michael Wenger
Virtual Pilgrimage
Director John Bush takes us with him to Buddhism's sacred places.
The Path of Complete Engagement
Richard Reoch, human rights advocate and president of Shambhala International, speaks with Tricycle
Letting in the light
Leonard Cohen takes his leave
Buddha Buzz Winter 2004
Hi-Tech MantraBuddhism may be 2,500 years old, but in some ways it’s downright futuristic. In New Zealand, the Dorje Chang Institute has miniaturized a mantra written by the Dalai Lama and copied it onto microfilm 18…
And Give Thanks For This Food
Sowing the seeds of peace in Colombia
The Space Between
Performing a “Wada test” (in which the activities of one hemisphere of a patient’s brain are suspended by a drug so the abilities of the other hemisphere can be tested in isolation), neuropsychologist Paul Broks provides…
Gifts in Brief: Something for Everyone
With the holiday season nearly upon us, we present some editors' picks, from pop-up books to colorful calendars, for the Buddhists on your list.
Hollywood Hullabaloo
Blame it on Photoshop.
More than words
Poetry to enrich your practice