Summer 2007
Vol. 16, No. 4
insights
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Dzigar Kongtrül Rinpoche offers advice for facing up to our egos.
interview
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Have Westerners created a new and viable form of Buddhism, or has something been lost in translation? Berkeley professor Robert Sharf argues that with our emphasis on individual experience and meditation, we risk cutting ourselves off from the benefits of a greater tradition. Photographs by Christine Alicino
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What happens when a Buddhist goes to war? Benjamin Thompson speaks about his year as a guard at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and the overlooked humanitarian crisis there.
my view
on location
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Could a new generation of Indian Buddhist converts hold the key to ending Sri Lanka's decades-long civil war?
dharma talk
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Although many believe that the ego is just a source of trouble, Thanissaro Bhikkhu teaches that a healthy, functioning ego is a crucial tool on the path to Awakening.
feature
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Voluptuous tree spirits, maternal nurturers, potent protectors, and dancing female Buddhas - the Indo-Himalayan Buddhist world abounds with goddesses of amazing diversity. Miranda Shaw reveals some of the many powers, symbols, and stories of this often overlooked and misunderstood pantheon.
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Pagan Kennedy recounts the story of Michael Dillon, the first woman-to-man transsexual and an aspiring Buddhist monk.
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With a faith in the power of storytelling and an eye for unexpected imagery, filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul has challenged the boundaries of cinema in his native Thailand.
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How is the business of pilgrimage transforming Bodh Gaya? Liesl Schwabe reports on moderniization at the site of the Buddha's awakening.
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Pioneering Tibetan teacher Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche [1939-1987], founder of the Shambhala Buddhist community, examines Zen from a Tantric perspective in this talk he gave in 1974 in Barnet, Vermont.
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On a monthlong retreat in a Himalayan meditation cave, Kate Wheeler learns more from companionship than solitude.
editors view
columns
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A teacher is impelled by a student's troubles to confront the human suffering in the Middle East.
contributors
on gardening
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A new discovery reveals the deep roots of the gardener's lineage.
parting words
reviews
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The Films of Ellen Bruno
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Looking for Dharma: Buddhism's crowded bookshelf
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Revisiting an interfaith classic
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Balancing Act: A handbook for practice and study
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The Films of Ellen Bruno
thus have i heard
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Only by tethering our senses to the stake of mindfulness can we achieve true freedom.
on practice
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Bodhipaksa guides us through the Buddha's powerful Six Element practice to equanimity, pure and bright. Photography by Susan Derges
