“To the surprise of the publishing world, the Dalai Lama and his translator Jeffrey Hopkins decided to give the project to Snow Lion Publications.”
Two Sciences of Mind
Barry Boyce reports on the dialogue between cutting-edge science and Buddhism’s 2500-year study of the mind.
Creative Conflict
Barry Boyce reminisces on a September 11th tribute played at a Jazz club by Toshiko Akiyoshi.
Jon Kabat-Zinn: The Man Who Prescribes the Medicine of the Moment
Barry Boyce profiles Jon Kabat-Zinn, whose mindfulness stress reduction program has brought the benefits of meditation practice to thousands of people.
Elaine Pagels’ Search for Christ the Mystic
Photo by Aaron Burden.Who was Christ, really? Barry Boyce profiles Elaine Pagels, the leading authority on Christianity’s suppressed gospels.
The Trouble With Islam
Barry Boyce talks to Irshad Manji about her new book, The Trouble with Islam, and her call for an age of Islamic reform.
Telling Stories
As potent as narrative truth can be, says Barry Boyce, narrative falsity is just as potent. So don’t believe your own press releases.
The Mouse Debates
Barry Boyce looks at urbanization from the point of view of the city mouse/country mouse fable.
Lost Letters
What emails make up for in speed, they lose in sensuality. Barry Boyce on the lost art of letter writing.
Say the Magic Word
We are limited by words, yet they have magic. Their utterance can become a wall, or it can create new and wonderful realities.



