Winter 2005
Vol. 15, No. 2
portfolio
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The brilliance and inconsequence of humanity through the eye of Michael Light
feature
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Andrew Black is a Buddhist who came in fifth in the 2005 World Poker Championship. Vishvapani asks him how Buddhism and poker stack up.
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At a time when our spiritual traditions struggle to remain relevant in a culture dominated by scientific materialism, Andrew Cooper considers the pros and cons of a new religious model based on the psychology of “flow.”
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Rafi Zabor approaches the limits of suffering while caring for his aging parents.
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In a talk given at Smith College, Helen Tworkov reflects on a half century of American Buddhist women and reimagines the future of power.
thus have i heard
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Andrew Olendzki examines the dilemma of good and evil in human nature.
on location
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In Sri Lanka, giving of oneself takes a literal turn.
reviews
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Documenting the Dalai Lama
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Old India's finest in translation
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Tibet through Chinese eyes
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Tibet at War
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Two documentaries expose divergent views of death and nature.
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Lessons from the factory floor
parting words
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Woven from the text of twenty enlightened ad campaigns
my view
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New Orleans evacuee Erik Hansen recounts the tense lead-up to Hurricane Katrina and searches for answers in its tragic wake.
on events
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The first Spiritual Activism Conference offers a hopeful vision for a movement of spiritual progressives—and interesting lessons for engaged Buddhists.
dharma talk
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Pema Chödrön walks us through Shantideva's prescription for solitude, verse by verse.
editors view
insights
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Andrew Cooper chats with Gerry Shishin Wick Roshi, President and Spiritual Leader of Great Mountain Zen Center in Lafayette, Colorado.
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Ajahn Brahm tells the tale of a fearless monk and a pair of pliers.
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Paul Breiter visits revered Thai teacher Ajahn Chah on his first trip to America.
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Shantideva, Dogen, . . . Shakespeare? Mark Lamonica finds the Buddha in the Bard.
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Search for self called off after 38 years.
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Tales of an unlikely Himalayan pilgram
interview
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Contributing editor Tracy Cochran speaks with Buddhist scholar Mu Soeng about the danger of selling the dharma.
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Storyteller Rafe Martin discusses the transformative and guiding power of myth with Joseph Sorrentino.
on practice
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Cultivating equanimity with Gil Fronsdal and Sayadaw U Pandita
