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Lineage Is About More Than Preservation
In this commentary from the Summer 2018 issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly, Justin von Bujdoss reflects on changing the way we think about lineage.
Inside the Summer 2018 issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly
The Summer 2018 issue of Buddhadharma is available now. Preview the magazine contents and sample articles below.
What About the Cost of Retreats?
Many practitioners can’t afford to go on retreats. Pamela Ayo Yetunde says it’s time we start thinking about how to make the practice less exclusive.
Integrating Yogacara in Your Practice
Guo Gu offers a practical four-step process for integrating the Yogacara teachings in your practice to transform thought and emotion.
Just When You Think You’re Enlightened
Temporary spiritual experiences can be helpful signs of progress, says Andrew Holecek, but they can also be traps.
Forum: What Is Enlightenment?
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Ayya Tathaaloka, Setsuan Gaelyn Godwin, and David Matsumoto explore their traditions' different perspectives on awakening.
Touching the Ocean of Boundless Compassion
Mark Unno reflects on compassion as immersion into the sufferings of samsara, like a raindrop falling into the ocean.
How Jhana Quells the Five Hindrances
If you think you’re seeing things as they really are, think again. Unless you’ve had the deep experience of letting go, there is only a myriad of illusions.
Forum: Is Karma Fate or Freedom?
Rita Gross, Andrew Olendzki, and Larry Ward explain what karma is, how it works, and why it’s not all bad news. Introduction by David Loy.
Investigating the Rainbow Body
Michael Sheehy reviews "Rainbow Body and Resurrection" by Francis V. Tiso.
Does nonviolence always mean taking a passive approach?
The teachers are asked whether nonviolence necessarily means a passive or non-reactive approach.
How do I know if I’m having a moment of realization?
The teachers are asked "How do I know if I’m having a moment of realization or if I’m just deluding myself (still in ego)?"
Enlightenment Has No Gender
Sara Lewis reviews "Buddhism beyond Gender: Liberation from Attachment to Identity" by Rita Gross. From the Spring 2018 issue of Buddhadharma.
The Science of Early Buddhism
Michel Bitbol reviews "Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics," conceived by His Holiness the Dalai Lama; edited by Thupten Jinpa.
About the art in the Spring 2018 issue of Buddhadharma
We take a closer look at the art featured in the Spring 2018 issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly.
The Fourfold Sangha Still Matters
The monastic path has failed to take hold in the West, says Tibetan Buddhist nun Ayya Yeshe. She argues that it’s time to renew the fourfold sangha.
Inside the Spring 2018 issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly
The Spring 2018 issue of Buddhadharma is available now. Preview the magazine contents and sample articles.
Buddhism and Sexuality: It’s Complicated
Jeff Wilson reviews "Sexuality in Classical South Asian Buddhism" by José Ignacio Cabezón.
The Shifting Landscape of Buddhism in America
Ann Gleig takes a far-reaching look at how Buddhism and the conversations within it are changing in the twenty-first century.