Magazine Personal Reflections
Circling Emptiness
Recalling his friendships with Norman Mailer and Samuel Beckett, a Zen student and writer grapples with a central Buddhist teaching.
By Lawrence Shainberg, Illustration by Barry Blitt
Magazine Personal Reflections
Meeting the Friend She Always Knew
The goddess of compassion intervenes in the life of a longtime practitioner when her help is most needed.
By Sandy Boucher
Magazine Personal Reflections
Changed by Brightness
A new father’s pilgrimage to a sacred Japanese mountain inspires a meditation on awakening, parenthood, and what we pass on.
By Sam Mowe
