Archives: LR Articles
The Ecology of Aging
Many people look at the aging population as a problem, but Theodore Roszak thinks it could result in a wiser and more caring society.
The Interdependence Movement
Review of Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw it Coming by Paul Hawken.
The Seeds of Peace
Richard Reoch, president of Shambhala International, says the same practices that bring peace within can help bring peace to the world.
Forum: Book Power
How the publishing industry is influencing Buddhism in the West, with introduction by Charles Prebish.
Politics of a Still Mind
Perry Garfinkel offers an appreciation of the deep personal realization behind Thich Nhat Hanh's philosophy of Engaged Buddhism.
Meeting the Chinese in St. Paul: Rhino Hits the Midwest
A season devoted to the koans of the ancient Chinese Masters gave Natalie Goldberg a taste for the stripped-down, naked truth of things.
Grandmother Mind
Parents must attend to the nuts and bolts of their children’s care. But grandmothers, says Susan Moon, can pay attention to the continuity of everything in the background—water, air, stories, and love.
This Silence is Called Great Joy: A Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh
A teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh on the truth beyond our usual truths.
Doing the Buddha’s Practice
Mindfulness/awareness was the meditation the Buddha practiced and taught—it was his basic prescription for human suffering.
Rest in the Sky of Natural Mind
The tantric path of Buddhism is complex and arduous, but its surprising culmination is the practice of spaciousness, ease, and simplicity.
Mind Is Empty and Lucid, Its Nature Is Great Bliss
The Tibetan teacher Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche offers instruction on key verses from one of the Mahamudra’s seminal texts.
The Hidden Treasure of the Heart
The key to the treasure of unconditional compassion, says Aura Glaser, is the three-step practice of equanimity.
Meeting Pain with Awareness
Does awareness suffer? How we can meet our pain with openness, strength, and clarity, and our relationship to it is transformed.