Summer 1999
Vol. 8, No. 4
feature
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JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN, dharma teacher and IMS cofounder, talks with AMY GROSS about Vipassana and Dzogchen.
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Can antidepressants help or hinder waking up?
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Do dogs have Buddha-nature? A lively array of inquiries from classic texts and modern dog lovers: TINA FIELDS, GRIFFITH FOULK, PICO IYER, ELSIE P. MITCHELL, DARRYL PONICSAN, and TOM ROBBINS. With photographs by WILLIAM WEGMAN. All Sentient BeingsDogDog(ma)Kukkuripa, The Dog Lover
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HENRY SHUKMAN delves into the controversy around Britain’s FWBO and its founder, Sangharakshita.
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An American Jewish Tibetan Buddhist Nun visits Israel and confronts her own identity. A firsthand account from BHIKSHUNI THUBTEN CHODRON.
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Tending a moss garden at Duke University becomes a lesson in impermanence for student MICHAEL CLARFELD.
editors view
letters
in the news
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An interview with RICHARD GERE and KHYONGLA RATO RINPOCHE about the Dalai Lama’s teachings in New York this August.
columns
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Daily reflections on bodhichitta from KHUNU RINPOCHE, revered as a teacher bythe Dalai Lama and as a modern-day saint by many others.
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dharma talk
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Zen teacher Reb Anderson explores being “In It Together.”
special section
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Jeffrey Hopkins talks about how equality is the first step in cultivating compassion.
parting words
reviews
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JOHN TARRANT and LAMA SURYA DAS, interviews and excerpts from their new books; MARILYN WEBB reviews two books on death and dying; Philip Martin looks at essays on Buddhism and psychoanalysis; Summer Reading: ROBERT AITKEN ROSHI, STEPHEN BATCHELOR, SYLVIA BOORSTEIN, RICK FIELDS, LENORE FRIEDMAN, and TOINETTE LIPPE share their favorite books. Plus, Children’s Summer Reading List, Books in Brief, and Mixed Media Roundup.
