Tricycle/Summer 1999

Volume 8, Number 4

In This Issue

feature

  • Joseph Goldstein, dharma teacher and IMS cofounder, talks with Amy Gross about Vipassana and Dzogchen.
  • Can antidepressants help or hinder waking up?
    Judith Hooper
  • 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
  • HENRY SHUKMAN delves into the controversy around Britain’s FWBO and its founder, Sangharakshita.
  • An American Jewish Tibetan Buddhist Nun visits Israel and confronts her own identity. A firsthand account from BHIKSHUNI THUBTEN CHODRON.
  • Tending a moss garden at Duke University becomes a lesson in impermanence for student MICHAEL CLARFELD.

editors view

in the news

  • An interview with RICHARD GERE and KHYONGLA RATO RINPOCHE about the Dalai Lama’s teachings in New York this August.

columns

dharma talk

  • Zen teacher Reb Anderson explores being “In It Together.”
    Reb Anderson

special section

  • Jeffrey Hopkins talks about how equality is the first step in cultivating compassion.

reviews

  • 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.