Tricycle/Summer 2003

Volume 12, Number 4

In This Issue

interview

  • A rare combination of youth and wisdom, Mingyur Rinpoche discusses his life as a young teacher and student of the dharma.
  • An Interview With Karen Armstrong

feature

  • Interview: George Mumford, sports psychologist and L.A. Lakers meditation coach,  talks about his troubled youth, his encounter with Buddhism, and the peculiar challenge of putting a ball into a basket.came to Buddhism from a troubled youth. Katy Butler talks with the man behind the bench.
  • How to resist that cookie? Sandra Weinberg explores the problem of craving in a world of abundance.
    Sandra Weinberg
  • Biologist Joe Franke asks: Is it possible to take refuge in the Buddha while killing off invasive species?
    Joe Franke
  • Views from Abroad: Tricycle asks four Buddhists—in Croatia, Israel, Britain, and Japan—to weigh in on war and the possibility of peace.
  • David Guy discovers a method for confronting his deepest fears.
    David Guy
  • Anne Cushman negotiates a life between the playground and the meditation hall.
    Anne Cushman
  • David R. Loy argues that our true fear is not of dying but of not existing in the first place.
    David R. Loy

portfolio

dharma talk

reviews

on gardening

on the cushion

sangha spotlight

on film

  •  On the Set with Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
    Siok Sian Pek

editors view

my view

  • Caught in the stress of everyday life, we lose perspective. Manjusura writes of a philosophy that can change our lives.
    Manjusura

insights

parting words