Winter 2002
Vol. 12, No. 2
on the cushion
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Q & A on meditation
columns
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A New Spirit at Spirit Rock
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An obituary by Sean Murphy and a remembrance by Andrew Schelling
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Against the Grain
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Dhamma Works: The Pariyatti Book Service Dana Works: The Dharma Seed Archival Center
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Finding What’s Right in Front of Us
sangha spotlight
parting words
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P’u-hua Departs to the Sky
reviews
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Andrew Goodwin on Adam Phillips’s Equals; Joseph Hooper on Scott A. Hunt’s The Future of Peace; an interview with Allan Hunt Badiner and an excerpt from his new book, Mindfulness in the MarketplaceTHE FUTURE OF PEACE Spending Wisely Books In Brief
contributors
dharma talk
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How do we reconcile our roles as consumers and Buddhist practitioners?
editors view
feature
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Reflecting on a thwarted summer romance in the French Alps, Noelle Oxenhandler ruminates on the virtues of the small word but.
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Trucker Paul Conrad shows how driving can provide opportunities for mindfulness.
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Was the Buddha really saying what we think he was? Thanisssaro Bhikkhu explains how nineteenth-century Romanticism and modern psychology have shaped - and perhaps distorted - our understanding of the Buddha’s teachings.
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Katy Butler tells us how the methods of "Nonviolent Communication" can support our practice of Right Speech.
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Robert Coe chats with countercultural performance artist Meredith Monk about compassion, terror, and “the voices within.”
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Living on the edge of a volcano, Leonard Michaels catches a glimpse of the sublime.
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Rick Bass discovers the redemptive power of a frozen landscape.
insights
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Marshall Glickman on his journey to Zen; Sylvia Forges-Ryan’s seasonal haikus and guided meditations; Toinette Lippe’s thoughts on yearning; Pema Chodron on accepting ourselves as we are; Chinese wilderness poetry; Stephen J. Fortunato, Jr. on bringing Buddhist practice to his job as a trial judge; Thai prisoners adopt a Buddhist regime.Bare Branches, Bare AttentionBetween EternitiesJudging with a Nonjudgmental MindFit to be Thai-ed
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As autumn turns to winter, we experience changes in the weather, as well as within ourselves. Three haiku capture the transmigrations of the season.
interview
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Samdhong Rinpoche, the first democratically elected chairman of the Tibetan Cabinet-in-Exile, discusses the challenges of building a Buddhist democracy.
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Vipassana and Zen teacher Gil Fronsdal talks to Tricycle about teaching and practicing in two traditions. Also includes Intolerance to Suffering: A dharma talk by Gil Fronsdal
