Life Positive Archives 2003

Oct - Dec 2003

Brave New Buddhism

Buddhist practices and teachings are emerging from the cloistered space of monasteries into a brave new world, to be examined, explored and put to use in dynamically different ways..... More >>

Also In This Issue

Miracle of Mindfulness

by Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh

Our joy, peace and happiness depend very much on our practice of recognizing and transforming habit energies. There are positive habit energies that we have to cultivate, and negative habit energies that we have to recognize,... More >>

Mindful Yoga

by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Fusing Buddhist techniques of awakening mindfulness with yoga practice can be a profoundly enriching experience, one that might well lead us to the heart of yoga, where we can truly be in touch with and accept things as they are,... More >>

Making Art on the Path

by Shakti Maira

Can a path which posits desire as the fundamental cause of suffering have a place for beauty or aesthetics? How do those who tread that path deal with issues of beauty and art? Is there a point where the path and the making of... More >>

In the Footsteps of Siddhartha

by Paul W. Morris

Herman Hesse’s novel Siddhartha has profoundly inspired the spiritual quest of many since it was first published in 1922. It introduced a generation of disenchanted young people in the West to eastern mysticism and contemplative... More >>

Cradle of Wisdom

by Jhampa Shaneman

Even though Buddhism disappeared from India several centuries ago, this land is still revered as its birthplace, where the Buddha achieved nirvana and imparted his insights... More >>

Building a Dharma Enterprise

by Samuel Bercholz

Shambhala Publications, one of the biggest publishers of spiritual books in the world, was built on the foundation of ethics, and is inextricably interlinked with its founder’s own journey into Buddha dharma... More >>

Brotherhood of Love

by Pallavi Bhatacharya

Centuries after it disappeared from India, Buddhism has staged a comeback here as a tool for social reformation. It remains to be seen whether its essence, that which makes it a way of living peacefully and gently, will be... More >>

Brave New Buddhism

by Swati Chopra

Buddhist practices and teachings are emerging from the cloistered space of monasteries into a brave new world, to be examined, explored and put to use in dynamically different ways... More >>

Body Dharma

by Daniel Goleman

The human body seems to have a natural system of ethics not unlike Buddhadharma, where negative emotions make one ill and wholesome mind states promote health. So it’s really in our self-interest to be compassionate and gentle... More >>

At the Still Point

by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Simple breathing meditation can be a powerful tool to observe the mind and its movements. Here is a guided meditation to still the mind using the breath that even beginners can practice ... More >>

A Yogini for All Seasons

by Swati Chopra

Khandro Rinpoche represents the coming of age of a new generation of Tibetan Buddhist teachers. Born in exile in India, the convent-educated Rinpoche, who once contemplated a career in medicine, is a rarity in the male-dominated... More >>

A Human Revolution

by Daisaku Ikeda

Soka Gakkai International, an international movement to promote peace, culture and education, tries to follow the Buddha’s tradition of actively putting compassion and wisdom into practice in the world... More >>

A Good Buddha is Hard to Find

by Josh Krieger

An account of an intense, interesting day spent at Mt Wutai, still revered in communist China as the mountain abode of Manjushri, bodhisattva of wisdom... More >>

A Family Sutra

by Sumi Loundon

The story of Buddhism’s journey in America is not only a chronicle of teachers and lineages; it is also the story of those who actually walked the Buddha’s path. Here’s the story of one such family, whose three successive... More >>

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