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Inside the Fall 2015 Buddhadharma magazine

Features When Illness Is Our Path Meditation can help us deal with illness when it strikes, says Norman Fischer. But even more important, practicing with illness reveals what is beyond sick and not sick. The Doors of Concentration Entering the jhanas is not easy—the harder you try, the more difficult it is. Instead, as Leigh…

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buddhadharma, fall, 2015, magazine, lion's roar

Features

When Illness Is Our Path

Meditation can help us deal with illness when it strikes, says Norman Fischer. But even more important, practicing with illness reveals what is beyond sick and not sick.

The Doors of Concentration

Entering the jhanas is not easy—the harder you try, the more difficult it is. Instead, as Leigh Brasington explains, you let them open up to you.

The Rise of Militant Monks

Michael Jerryson reports on the growing tension between Buddhists and Muslims in South and Southeast Asia. Senior Buddhist monks there are actively inciting violence and intolerance, despite outcries from the international community.

Forum: How Tantra Works

Tantra may seem strange to the uninitiated, but it offers a direct path to enlightenment. Lama Palden Drolma, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, and Rob Preece take us inside the world of Vajrayana Buddhism. Introduction by Willa Miller.

Web Exclusive: What does it mean to be devoted to one’s guru?

A Sudden Good-bye

Sallie Jiko Tisdale reeled from the shock when her teacher Kyogen Carlson died suddenly a year ago. Then she quickly got down to work

The Path to Where You Are

The path to awakening can seem long and arduous, and sometimes you may feel you’ve lost your way. But the destination, says Guo Gu, is always just beneath your feet.

A Better Self or No-Self?

The realization of no-self is integral to the Buddhist path, but as Insight teacher Rodney Smith explains, sometimes your practice can pull you in the opposite direction.

Departments

Commentary

Democracy Is Good for Sanghas, Larry Yang

First Thoughts

The Fine Art of Failing, Pema Chödrön

Therapy Can Only Go So Far, Paul Fulton

Hey Kids, Listen Up, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

“More Suffering is Necessary,” Zen Master Soeng Hyang

Karma Is Not Fate, Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche

The Buddha in the Tree, Thich Nhat Hanh

A Better Script, Tenzin Gache

Ask the Teachers

“Should I believe the thought that I want a divorce?” Narayan Helen LiebensonTenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, and Sallie Jiko Tisdale respond.

 In Focus

TBRC—Harvard Upload

Feature Review

Crowded by Beauty: The Life and Zen of Poet Philip Whalen by David Schneider, reviewed by Steve Silberman

Book Briefs

The Dalai Lama and the Emperor of China, by Peter Schwieger

A Handbook of Korean Zen Practice: A Mirror on the Son School of Buddhism (Son’ga kwigam), by John Jorgenson

Vajrasattva Meditation: An Illustrated Guide, by Khenpo Yeshe Phuntsok

Women in Pali Buddhism, by Pascale Engelmajer

A Fearless Heart, by Thupten Jinpa

Zen Chants, by Kazuaki Tanahashi

The Complete Nyingma Tradition, from Sutra to Tantra, Books 1 to 10, by Choying Tobden Dorje

Journeys

In a Panic, Megan Rundel

Lion s Roar Staff

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