The beloved Buddhist teacher and famed singer discuss Buddhism, creativity, and “the gap.”
Cultivating Openness When Things Fall Apart
“Isn’t that the kind of teaching we need these days, that difficult circumstances can be the path to liberation. That’s news you can use.”
bell hooks and John Perry Barlow talk “prana in cyberspace”
A 1995 conversation between digital activist and lyricist John Perry Barlow — who died on February 7, 2018 — and social theorist bell hooks.
You Can’t Fail at Meditation
Dan Harris gets the inside story on mindfulness and compassion from Buddhist teachers Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg, and Mark Epstein.
Pema Chödrön and Jack Kornfield talk “The Wondrous Path of Difficulties”
Photo by Christine Alicino.A conversation with Pema Chödrön and Jack Kornfield, moderated by Michael Krasny, about the everyday difficulties that provoke us, reveal our habitual patterns, and ultimately transform us.
Start With a Flower: Alice Walker & Sharon Salzberg in Conversation
Alice Walker (left), photo by Virginia DeBolt. Sharon Salzberg (right), photo by Fabio Fillipi. A conversation about loving-kindness between Sharon Salzberg and Alice Walker.
Adam Yauch: Check His Head
Originally published in the January 1995 Shambhala Sun magazine, this interview finds Yauch after the release of Ill Communication, candidly talking about about hip-hop, hardcore, helping people, and his relationship to Buddhism’s Bodhisattva Vow.
Is Nothing Something?
Thich Nhat Hanh answers children’s questions.
Building a Community of Love: bell hooks and Thich Nhat Hanh
bell hooks meets with Thich Nhat Hanh to ask: how do we build a community of love?
Pema Chödrön & bell hooks on cultivating openness when life falls apart
bell hooks and Pema Chödrön. Photos by Liza Matthews.bell hooks talks to Pema Chödrön about how to open your heart to life’s most difficult challenges.