Pico Iyer considers Leonard Cohen—the ladies’ man, the balladeer, the Zen poet, and the essence of cool with a new love giving voice to his songs of parting and old age.
The Visionary State: A Journey Through California’s Spiritual Landscape by Erik Davis and Michael Rauner Chronicle Books, 2006; 272 pp.; $40 (cloth) As a 55-year-old priest visiting from Japan, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi was inspired to stay and teach in the United States by an eagerness in his California students that he called shoshin, or “beginner’s […]
Through the practice of compassion meditation, Rosalind Harris transforms her grief into solidarity and friendship with all young African-Americans.
Actor Richard Gere and monk Matthieu Ricard share a serious commitment to Buddhism, and they agree that real happiness is beyond conditions & circumstances.
British writer Stephen Mooney says we need the Beats’ example of resistance to oppressive conformity more than ever.
Relentlessly poking, prodding, weaving his Cool Revolution into the fabric of America, the words for Bob Thurman are: passionate, hectic, unrestrained.
Journalist Perry Garfinkel’s interview with the Dalai Lama was to be the culmination of his twenty-week study of Buddhism in the West.
Katie Zdybel grew up on the music of James Taylor and Carly Simon. Their son Ben Taylor discusses how the love of music brings the generations together.
The world may seem particularly dangerous and uncertain, but it’s wise to remember that the ways of history—and the dharma’s response—haven’t changed.
Seeking an Alternative to the Christian Right: Barry Boyce reports on the movement to develop a political platform that is both progressive and spiritual.
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