Fall 2009
Vol. 19, No. 1
contributors
editors view
letters
insights
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Trying new things
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See the bigger Picture
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Even a moment of anger can be terribly damaging.
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A mosquito helps find clarity in discomfort
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The importance of healthy boundaries
my view
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A meditator reflects on falling out of practice—and finding a way back.
how we live
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Dutch filmmaker Babeth VanLoo brings the dharma to TV.
ancestors
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The Cambodian monk Maha Ghosananda was a world-famous humanitarian; he was also quite the character. Two years after Maha Ghosananda’s death, ANDREW COOPER reflects on a friendship that was sometimes dizzying but always dear.
into practice
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On how we can add flexibility and choice to a meditation practice that has become rigid and restrictive
dharma talk
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Cynthia Thatcher explores the teachings on happiness that the Buddha gave to Bahiya.
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Practice the Bahiya teachings by observing the tactile sensation of motion.
interview
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Ani Choying Drolma, Nepal’s famous “singing nun,” speaks about childhood abuse, the joys of doing good, and her Top Ten hit as a recording artist.
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One of the West’s leading teachers of Shin Buddhism speaks about his own path to Shinran’s way of true entrusting.
sangha spotlight
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Sean Murphy reports on the annual conference of the West’s largest Zen teacher network.
parting words
reviews
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A monk’s journey to find the reincarnation of his beloved teacher
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Tricycle speaks with Israeli filmmaker Nati Baratz, the director of Unmistaken Child.
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A truth-teller’s vision for an interdependent world
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An aristocrat's quest for Buddhist redemption
feature
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After years of monastic collapse under the oppressive Khmer Rouge, Buddhist monkhood is emerging with renewed strength in Cambodia.
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Practicing awareness in the kitchen
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Marc Lesser on how to let go of the 5 things that waste your time
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On my 70th Birthday in 2006
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Zenshin Michael Haederle looks inside the meditating mind.
essay
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On a tour of the wilderness where the Buddha once wandered, SANDY BOUCHER learns that there’s more to the forest than peaceful contemplation.
what does being a buddhist mean to you
thus have i heard
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The Buddha's radical teachings on consciousness
on gardening
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The summer fruit’s past lives as love potion and nightshade poison
