Winter Issue 2006

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Features

The Eight Flashing Lances
Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso explains why Mahamudra practice makes our view, meditation, and activity free and unhindered, like a lance flashing free in the open sky.

Nuclear Reactor of Zen
Hozan Alan Senauke talks with Shodo Harada Roshi about everything from kensho and the role of the body in zazen to the information society and the insecurity of our times.

The Integrity of Emptiness
Thanissaro Bhikkhu presents a Theravada path of emptiness that starts with taking an honest look at one’s day-to-day actions and leads ultimately to enlightenment.

Forum: Diversity and Divisions in American Buddhism
Duncan Ryuken Williams, Socho Koshin Ogui, Ron Kobata, and Wakoh Shannon Hickey tackle the question, Are we bridging the longstanding ethnic divisions among American sanghas? Introduction by Charles Prebish.

Searching for Bodhidharma
He’s renowned as the First Ancestor of Zen, but who was he really? Andy Ferguson journeys through China with author and translator Red Pine in search of the historical Bodhidharma.

Departments

Commentary - each issue features an editorial written by one of the main teachers in Western Buddhism. Jan Chozen Bays: Beyond Good and Evil.

Letters - Email letters to the Editor.

First Thoughts - a collection of short essays to open the journal, by notable teachers and writers: Dear Mr. President; Do Chimps Have Buddhanature?; The Tea and the Teacup; An Uncompromising Religion; How We Get It All Wrong; Just Now Mind; The Obstacle of Guilt; Never Separate.

Ask the Teachers - Question: Is there a Buddhist perspective regarding practitioners who become afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia? The answers. Email your practice questions.

Reviews - A Cascading Waterfall of Nectar, by Thinley Norbu reviewed by Francesca Fremantle. Zen Pioneer: The Life & Works of Ruth Fuller Sasaki, by Isabel Stirling reviewed by James Ishmael Ford. Ocean of Reasoning: A Great Commentary on Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika, by Tsongkhapa. Translated by Geshe Ngawang Samten and Jay Garfield reviewed by Roger Jackson.

Book Briefs - Benjamin Bogin reviews 9 of the latest books on Buddhism

Dharma Dictionary - Hoko Jan Karnegis defines “myo.”

Network Listings - A directory of meditation and yoga centers throughout North America.

MahaSangha News - the latest news from Buddhist communities across North America, and the world. Email in your community news. In this issue: Barry Boyce profiles the Unitarian Universalist Buddhist Fellowship

Centers and Programs - A section highlighting upcoming programs being offered at various centers.

Journeys - Barbara Gates: Growing Up with the Belle of the Ball.

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