Declaring One’s Truth
Spring 1998 Vol. 14 #2
Spring 1998 Vol. 14 #2
Introduction
The editors share perspectives on this issue’s contents, along with their hope that these articles will inspire us all to live and speak from our own truth and convictions.
Features
The Politics of a Simple Monk, Part 1: His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Conversation with Jerry Brown
By Jerry Brown
In this interview with Jerry Brown, the Dalai Lama speaks with simplicity of his convictions and, without a hint of blame, of the suffering of his people.
The Politics of a Simple Monk, Part 2: His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Conversation with Orville Schell
By Orville Schell
His Holiness tells Orville Schell about growing up in Lhasa, leading the Tibetan government in exile, and being “half-Marxist, half-Buddhist.”
Peace Becomes Possible: An Interview with Thich Nhat Hanh
By Don Lattin, Alan Senauke, Barbara Gates, Wes Nisker
Alan Senauke, Don Lattin and Wes Nisker chat with Thich Nhat Hanh about how to live each moment of daily life with more peace, solidity and freedom.
Interview with Tsoknyi Rinpoche: Cutting Through High-Class Confusion
By Guy Armstrong, the Editors of Inquiring Mind
Tsoknyi Rinpoche describes the essential teachings of Tibetan Dzogchen.
Alan Senauke urges teachers and sangha members to engage with the plight of the broader world in dharma talks and practice.
Sandy Boucher writes warm reflections on the life and work of recently deceased Theravada teacher Ayya Khema.
Caitriona Reed shows us that revealing one’s most intimate secrets demands courage, but and allows profound transformation.
In this story by Nina Wise, women teachers rebel against being surrounded by patriarchal statues and imagery.
Barbara Gates meditates on motherhood and oiled birds, seeking to meet the disorder of daily life with stability.
Reviews
A Heart as Wide as the World: Living with Mindfulness, Wisdom, and Compassion, by Sharon Salzberg
Reviewed By Kate Lila Wheeler
(208 pp., Shambhala Publications, Inc., 1997)
The Tibetan Art of Parenting: From Before Conception Through Early Childhood, by Anne Hubbell Maiden and Edie Farwell
Reviewed By Judith Stronach
(208 pp., Wisdom Publications, 1997)
Being Bodies: Buddhist Women on the Paradox of Embodiment, edited by Lenore Friedman and Susan Moon
Reviewed By Tova Green
(256 pp., Shambhala Publications, 1997)
Two by Jane Hirshfield: The Lives of the Heart • Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry
Reviewed By Wendy Johnson
(128 pp., HarperCollins, 1997) • (240 pp., HarperCollins, 1997)
Tashi Jong: A Traditional Tibetan Community In Exile, by Barbara Green
Reviewed By Steven D. Goodman
(Video, 45 minutes, Tibetan Video Project, 1998)