Winter 1985 Vol. 2 #2
Winter 1985 Vol. 2 #2
Features
Can a bhakti yogi find happiness labeling and watching the breath? Ram Dass reveals how vipassana meditation has enriched his devotional practice, relationships and commitment to service.
For Vimala Thakar, social activism is an expression of spiritual inquiry. She discusses her Ghandian development work in India and the “psychic starvation” she sees in the affluent West.
Poems & Not Poems
Reviews
A STILL FOREST POOL: The Insight Meditation of Achaan Chah, compiled and edited by Jack Kornfield and Paul Breiter
Reviewed By Barbara Gates
(192 pp. The Theosophical Publishing House, 1985)
CHOP WOOD CARRY WATER: A Guide to Finding Spiritual Fulfillment in Everyday Life, by Rick Fields with Peggy Taylor, Rex Weyler and Rick Ingrasci
Reviewed By Marc Estrin
(287 pp. Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc., 1984)
ALONE WITH OTHERS, by Stephen Batchelor
Reviewed By Dan Clurman
(143 pp. Grove Press, New York, 1983.)
Practice
Jack Kornfield talks about seeing the process, paying attention to the physical senses and dealing with discouragement.
The Dharma & the Drama
Wes Nisker brings comic relief to spiritual practice and politics, grinning at the world’s absurdity.