Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is perhaps the world’s greatest living master of qawwali, a mystical Sufi music.
A Composer’s Journey from Concept to Experience
Peter Lieberson describes his creative journey from the high intellectualism of twelve-tone theory to a trust in the play between spontaneity and technique.
Sharon Salzberg and Alice Walker: The Power of Loving-Kindness
The thing about love that I’ve discovered in my life is that one love leads to another. It just gets bigger and bigger. You can let it start anywhere; it can be really tiny.
Nothing on My Mind
An excerpt from Erik Fraser Storlie’s memoir of “Berkeley, LSD, Two Zen Masters and a Life on the Dharma Trail.”
The Dalai Lama and Realpolitik of Spirituality
Robert Thurman interviews the Dalai Lama on the subject of Tibetan independence, and what the West can do to help.
James Hillman says it’s not all in your head
The great Jungian analyst says America could use a healthy dose of rebellion. These problems aren’t just in your mind, and they need to be fixed.
The Kosmos According to Ken Wilber
Ken Wilber discusses how to integrate many levels of knowledge from the most concrete to the most etheral into a great unified view of the living universe.
Death and the Rebirth of Patti Smith
A series of deaths-her husband, brother and closest friend–has softened the heart of the once angry poet and singer.
Glassman Roshi Sees No Boundaries
In the inner city of Yonkers, New York, Roshi Bernard Glassman has a big vision, big ambition and a big vow to help all beings in need.
The Wild Mind of Gary Snyder
Gary Snyder, San Francisco, 1958. (Photo by Harry Redl, from terebess.hu)For the nineties, the celebrated Beat rebel advocates “wild mind,” neighborhood values and watershed politics.



