The Spring 2018 issue of Buddhadharma is available now. Preview the magazine contents and sample articles below.
Features
Shikantaza Is Not Limited to the Mind
Josh Bartok offers a guided tour of the subtle practice of shikantaza.
Through the Lens of Madhyamaka
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche unpacks the Madhyamaka view of the two truths.
Dismantling the Master’s House
Thanissara presents an honest discussion of internalized racism and how seeing it clearly transforms sanghas.
The Healing Practice of Cultural Humility
Charlene Leung on how we can use contemplative practice to develop our cultural humility and explore our social conditioning.
In Translation: Notes on Dogen’s Being–Time
An in-depth look at Dogen and his understanding of “being–time” by Shinshu Roberts.
May a Deep Resolution Arise
Jack Kornfield shares a brief text on resolutions, the use of inner intentions in meditation, especially intended to be useful for those in long retreats.
Simple Man, Extraordinary Yogi: The Life of Patrul Rinpoche
Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard shares a glimpse into the life of Patrul Rinpoche, a wandering teacher who became one of the most illustrious masters in the Nyingma school of Vajrayana Buddhism.
Departments
Commentary
Ayya Yeshe / The Fourfold Sangha Still Matters
Ask the Teachers
Q: Does Buddhism say there’s free will? — Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche, and Chimyo Atkinson respond.
Reviews
Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics, Vol. 1 by the Dalai Lama and Thupten Jinpa; Review by Michel Bitbol
Buddhism beyond Gender: Liberation from Attachment to Identity by Rita Gross; Review by Sara Lewis
Book Briefs
Reviews by Rory Lindsay
Food of Sinful Demons: Meat, Vegetarianism, and the Limits of Buddhism in Tibet, by Geoffrey Barstow
Divine Stories: Divyavadana, by Andy Rotman
Long Strange Journey: On Modern Zen, Zen Art, and Other Predicaments, by Gregory Levine
A Gathering of Brilliant Moons: Practice Advice from the Rimé Masters of Tibet, edited by Holly Gayley and Joshua Schapiro
From Chinese Chan to Japanese Zen: A Remarkable Century of Transmission and Transformation, by Steven Heine
Therevada Buddhist Encounters with Modernity, edited by Juliane Schober and Steve Collins
The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice, by Meido Moore
Finding Rest in the Nature of Mind (The Trilogy of Rest, Vol. I), translated by Helena Blankleder and Wulstan Fletcher