Spring 1995

re: school prayer/a moment of silence

What kind of a Buddhist throws people down on the ground and carries a big stick? Ninja Stephen Hayes wrestles with our preconceptions and predjuces about what Buddhism“should”be.

His own teacher called him "the madman." But was there method in his madness? Today, this mysterious Tibetan renegade is regarded by some as a traitor, by others as a visionary hero.

In Soto Zen, though there is no formal course of koan practice, students are often encouraged to practice with a question of their own. "What is the emotional life of a buddha?" is a question that poet Jane Hirshfield, a Consulting Editor to“Tricycle,”has been working with for many years, and she suggested that it be used as the basis for a special section out of curiosity to see how it might be addressed more widely.

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