Painting of Indian monk Vasubandhu.

Book Briefs for Winter 2016

We review "When Awareness Becomes Natural," "Inside Vasubandhu's Yogacara," "Passing Through the Gateless Barrier," and more.

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Between Arhat and Bodhisattva

Ajahn Amaro examines the arguments for and against the arhat and bodhisattva ideals that define and too often divide the Buddhist traditions. He suggests a way out of the polarizing debate.

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Forum: The Road Ahead

Gen X teachers from across traditions are transforming the vision and landscape of American Buddhism.

Trusting the Three Treasures

Taking refuge in the Buddha, dharma, and sangha, says Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, involves taking a leap forward with a deep sense of trust in our own basic nature and the natural wisdom of all phenomena.

Ordinary Buddha

Master Linji, better known in the West as Rinzai, shook up the Buddhist world by telling his students to drop their enlightenment agenda and simply be their true, ordinary selves. Thich Nhat Hanh examines Master Linji’s teachings on the “businessless person,” who has nothing to do and nowhere to go.

Tara, the First Feminist

Since becoming ordained four decades ago, Lama Tsultrim Allione has faced her share of challenges and sexism.

Shaping Buddhadharma’s Future

Buddhadharma belongs to you, our readers. Help us shape its future.

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Inside the Fall 2016 Buddhadharma magazine

Look inside the Fall 2016 issue of Buddhadharma, with features on the bodhisattva vow, the late Zenkei Blanche Hartman, rimay, and more.

Book Briefs for Fall 2016

Rory Lindsay reviews "Dream Yoga," "Gods of Medieval Japan," "The Spirit of Tibetan Buddhism," and more.

Get Very, Very Close

Sayadaw U Pandita’s shares his instructions for satipatthana vipassana.

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Democracy is Good For Sanghas

In many Buddhist communities, teachers have dominant governing roles, but democracy is vital in order for Buddhism to flourish in the West.

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How can we continue Buddhist practice when dealing with dementia?

The teachers are asked "What happens to our right effort if we lose the ability to practice or to work with our mind?"

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Discover Your Innermost Awareness

In his teaching on the essence of Dzogchen, the Dalai Lama describes the shock that naturally accompanies innermost awareness, the basis of all reality.

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Therapy Can Only Go So Far

Therapy is a powerful tool, says Buddhist psychologist Paul Fulton, but it can't solve the problem of being human.

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It’s Our Journey, Too

Buddhadharma's editor shares her admiration for the varied voices of Buddhism in today’s world.

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Inside the Summer 2016 Buddhadharma magazine

The Summer 2016 issue of Buddhadharma is now available. This issue explores issues of race, power and white privilege in American Buddhism.

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Buddhist Visualization Practice Is Pure, Clear, and Vibrant

Visualization practice sometimes involves traditional symbolism that Westerners have trouble relating to, says Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. He shows us how we can make the most of this powerful method for transforming perception.

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Forgotten Encounters of Tibetan Zen

The phrase “Tibetan Zen”—the title of scholar Sam van Schaik’s new book—may initially startle the casual reader.

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The Promise of Nibbana

What does final liberation and the end of suffering look like and how is it achieved? Mahasi Sayadaw explains Nibbana.

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Book Briefs for Spring 2016

David M. DiValerio’s The Holy Madmen of Tibet (Oxford 2015) examines some of Tibetan history’s most fascinating figures. Diving straight into the grotesque for which these fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Kagyu “madmen” became known, DiValerio begins by describing Tsangnyon Heruka’s use of human remains as clothing and Drukpa Kunle’s verse about paying homage “not to the Buddha,…