Summer 1985 Vol. 2 #1
Summer 1985 Vol. 2 #1
Features
Allen Ginsberg sits down for a chat upon his return from teaching American Beat poetry to Chinese university students; he thinks the historical role of Westerners will be to reintroduce Buddhist dharma and meditation to China.
The founder of Sri Lanka’s Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement offers a global perspective on poverty and turmoil, calling for a lessening of the greed, tension and frenzy that characterize our modern way of life.
James Baraz says that despite our minds’ tendency to create a separation between practice and living in the world, this fragmentation was never the Buddha’s intent.
Kristen Penn offers a thoughtful, nuanced response to a Winter 1984 article about a complex issue.
Reviews
Letters to a Young Poet by Ranier Maria Rilke, translated by Stephen Mitchell
Reviewed By Barbara Gates
(109 pp., Random House, 1984)
Women of Wisdom, by Tsultrim Allione
Reviewed By Barbara Gates
(262 pp., Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984.)
A Course In Miracles, by Anonymous
Reviewed By Roger Walsh
(3 volumes, 1100 pp., Foundation for Inner Peace, Tiburon, 1975.)
Practice
Jack Kornfield explains the importance of noticing intentions as they arise, and bringing a gentle quality to mindfulness practice.
The Dharma & The Drama
Wes Nisker meditates on science and biology as dharma.