Winter 2007
Vol. 17, No. 2
insights
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On an intense Zen retreat, insight meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein opens up to the vulnerable experience of compassion.
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John Daido Loori explains that all answers are available.
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Teaching meditation in prison, Barry Evans found the heart of his practice when he was forced to cut most of it out.
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David T. Andersen describes his first encounter with Ram Dass
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Photographer Don Farber discusses portraiture, reincarnation, the Dalai Lama, and thirty years of Buddhism through his lens.
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An introductory Tantric visualization practice of the deity Chenrezi, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. Translated from Tibetan and adapted by Pamela Gayle White.
on the cushion
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Practical advice for meditators with chronic back pain
my view
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A ritual for Marlon Brando
dharma talk
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The common roots of various Buddhist meditative practices. Artwork by Mia Muratori
feature
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Renga, the ancient Japanese tradition of linked-verse poetry.
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Can advancements in neuroscience make us happier and more compassionate? Jeff Greenwald visits neurosurgeon Dr. Katrina Firlik to investigate the relationship between the material mind and its spiritual potential.
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Environmental journalist Alan Weisman’s best seller The World Without Us has refreshed and rekindled ecological debates. Here he speaks with contributing editor Clark Strand about global warming, population control, and what the world might look like when we’re gone.
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As a young man, Breyten Breytenbach left his native South Africa to pursue art in Paris. In addition to critical acclaim, he found the dharma and the underground anti-apartheid movement. His next trip home would lead to seven years in prison. Amy Karafin profiles this poet, painter, and “uncitizen” of the world.
columns
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A Buddhist's guide to compassionate gift giving
on gardening
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A new kind of urban park emerges from postindustrial wastelands.
reviews
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Saving the Orphans of Northern Thailand
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The simplicity of sensation
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The Zen of Mathematics
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On the Road with Volvo Rinpoche
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Murder in a magic-ravaged land
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Meditating on Evolution
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Three Books (and one of them's free!)
afterword
letters
editors view
editors pick
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Sayadaw U Tejaniya explains how taking an interest in life as it is can lead to liberation.
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A Huffington Post blogger wonders if he can practice right speech and cultivate equanimity without losing his edge as a political advocate.
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A ritual for Marlon BrandoA Ritual for Marlon Brando, continued
on location
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Defiant monks lead a historic wave of protests in Burma.
