Fall 1999
Vol. 9, No. 1
feature
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PEMA CHÖDRÖN, dharma teacher and author of When Things Fall Apart, speaks about roles and responsibilities within the teacher/student relationship.
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As America is consumed by the manufacture of desire, can Buddhism hold its ground? PETER TRACHTENBERG investigates.
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ROBERT BEER, artist and illustrator, speaks on how his immersion in Tibetan art became his own transformative path.
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BRIAN VICTORIA uncovers the wartime anti-Semitism of one of America’s most seminal Zen masters. Responses to this material from: ROBERT AITKEN, BODHIN KJOLHEDE, LAWRENCE SHAINBERG, and BERNIE GLASSMANBodhin Kjolhede RespondsVictoria Responds to the MaterialRobert Aitken Responds
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Having been asked to cook for a Tibetan retreat, KIMBERLEY SNOW is served dharma dishes she never imagined.
editors view
letters
in the news
general
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HERMAN HESSE’S SIDDHARTHA has introduced Buddhism to four decades of American readers. PAUL W. MORRIS illuminates the author and his legendary novel.
parting words
on gardening
columns
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Revolution in the Moment
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Buddhism in a Box
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(On Workshops, Seminars & Conferences)
reviews
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DAVID STANFORD looks at the poetry and life of the 1950s avant-garde Buddhist d. a. levy; MICHAEL SWEET reviews two books on sexuality and Buddhism; JEFFREY ZALESKI on Circling the Sacred Mountain, a travel account by ROBERT THURMAN and TAD WISE; DONALD S. LOPEZ, JR., considers JORGE LUIS BORGES’s interest in Buddhism. Plus Books in Brief, and Mixed Media including PETER MATTHIESSEN’s audio tape on Zen and the Writing LifeThe Buddhist Third Class Junkmail OracleThe Red Thread: Buddhist Approaches to SexualityCircling the Sacred Mountain: A Spiritual Adventure through the HimalayasZen and the Writing LifeZen and the Writing LifeMusic Review
on practice
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Using the Shurangama Sutra to Explain Kuan-Yin's Method of Listening to Sound
