Cover Story/Forum: The Mindfulness Movement: What Does It Mean for Buddhism?
Plus:  Ajahn Viradhammo on working with mundane or uncomfortable experiences; Zenju Earthlyn Manuel's reflects on the pain of racism and discrimination and a way to liberation; Pema Khandro Rinpoche explains the four essential points for understanding letting go: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche reminds us that the true benefit of being in the moment is seeing that it too is an illusion; Zen teacher, Geoffrey Shugen Arnold on seeing ordinary mind as the path.

Features:

Wake Up from the Dream of a Lifetime
Andrew Holecek on the Vajrayana techniques of dream yoga 

Don’t Strip It All Away
Zen nun Gesshin Greenwood reflects on the value of tradition in contemporary Zen  

Form vs Essence
Five Buddhist teachers explore the tension many of us feel between ritual and the essence of the dharma
Thanissara: A Fine Line
John Daido Loori: The Dharma Must Be Danced
Shinshu Roberts: Just Bow Anyway
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche: Don’t Be Naive
Tulku Thondup Rinpoche: Stepping-stones to Wisdom

Look Beyond the Lens
Kodo Sawaki Roshi’s commentary on the classic poem The Song of Awakening. Plus: Shohaku Okumura recounts Sawaki’s uncompromising approach to the dharma

Forum | Koans: How We Work with Them and How They Work on Us 
Joan Sutherland, Judy Roitman, and Bodhin Kjolhede examine the practice of koan introspection. Introduction by Ross Bolleter

The Spirit of Practice
Ajahn Munindo explores how we can get attached to the technique of meditation and lose touch with its spirit

Ruth’s Uncompromising Way
Nina Wise remembers Ruth Denison, a pioneer of vipassana who passed away in February 2015

Cover Story: Confronting Abuse of Power

Our Teachers Are Not Gods: Longtime practitioner and psychotherapist Rob Preece says we may be devoted  to our teachers, but we can’t afford to idealize them anymore.  

forum | Confronting Abuse of Power 
Shinge Roko Sherry Chayat, Hozan Alan Senauke, Lama Palden Drolma, and David Whitehorn look at the harm caused by abuse 
of power in Buddhist communities and how it can and is being addressed. Introduction by Pamela Rubin.

Be Proactive An Olive Branch presents a step-by-step action plan for sanghas to follow both before misconduct arises and after it has been alleged.

Plus:

Who’s Pulling the Strings? Karma doesn’t explain everything—in fact, says Ajahn Amaro, it’s only one of the many forces at work in your life.

The Eight Kinds of Mastery: To understand the true nature of reality, you must go beyond conventional ways of seeing and experiencing the world. Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso discusses eight ways to perfect your meditation, conduct, and view. 

How Deep Is Your Love? It isn’t easy to offer spiritual comfort to a dying person, particularly when you can’t stop thinking about yourself. As Shozan Jack Haubner learned, sometimes you just have to fake it.

The Place Where Your Heart Is Kept: Mitsu Suzuki, widow of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, celebrated her hundredth birthday this year. Norman Fischer tells the story of how this Japanese schoolteacher made a home for herself in American Zen.

Are You Just Coasting? If your practice has become a comfortable routine, you may be using it to prop up your life. Jim Willems has made that mistake. He reminds us not to lose sight of the ultimate goal of meditation.  

Two Truths—Indivisible 
When we enter the path, we work at the level of relative truth, and with practice we may gain insight into the absolute. But we don’t enter the final stage of practice, says Tsoknyi Rinpoche, until we realize they were never separate.

No Shortcut to Awakening
Ross Bolleter guides us through the Cycle of Merit, the ancient Chan master Dongshan’s map showing us the way to enlightenment and back to where we are.

Cover Story: Why Do Buddhists Pray?
Who are we praying to? What are we asking for? Three Buddhist teachers explore what prayer means in a nontheistic tradition and the best way to approach it in your practice:
Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel | An Invitation
Jan Chozen Bays | The Paradox of Prayer
Mark Unno | If It Sounds Too Good to Be True

Oh Tara, Protect Us
Thubten Chodron comments on a prayer to the buddha Tara to help protect practitioners from the eight dangers. 

Forum | Milestones and Dilemmas: Exploring Buddhist Translation Today
Bhikkhu Bodhi, Sarah Harding, and T. Griffith Foulk reflect on the state of Buddhist translation and the challenges and opportunities ahead. Introduction by Robert Thurman.

Being Shaken
When Edward Brown first began meditating, his body shook and rocked on the cushion. But he refused to give up. Instead, he found a way to release the childhood trauma at the root of it.

Just When You Think You\'re Enlightened: Andrew Holecek on the danger of temporary spiritual experiences.  

Is Western Psychology Redefining Buddhism? Jack Kornfield, Judy Lief, and Bodhin Kjolhede examine the influence of Western psychology on Buddhism.

Why We Take Refuge: Mingyur Rinpoche explores inner and outer refuge

Plus, Noah Levine explains why the fifth precept isn\'t just for recovering addicts.

The Insight Revolution: Accessible, modern, authentic—How Insight Meditation has changed the way we practice Buddhism

What Do You See, Empty Splendor, Karma: Fate Or Freedom, The View From Mount Meru, Preparing To Die, Rules TO Live By and more...

The Meditation Reality Check. Find out how to: Identify obstacles in your practice; Apply antidotes that work; Deepen your meditation

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