Worcester Magazine (Jan. 2000) The flight into exile of one of Tibet’s most revered religious leaders this month once more highlights the continuing suffering of the Tibetan people under China’s 50-year occupation. The Karmapa, head of one of the main branches of Tibetan Buddhism, arrived in India on Jan. 5, after a seven-day trek across [...]
A Share of the Soil
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Worcester Magazine (2000) What would make a perfectly ordinary suburban family from suburban Boston with two jobs, two cars and three kids toss everything and go off and become farmers? Organic farmers, no less..? “I really thought he was going through a mid-life crisis,” recalls Karen Franczyk of the day her husband, Don, announced he [...]
Satish Kumar
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Worcester Magazine (1999) At the age of nine, he took vows as a Jain monk. At 18, he began preaching Gandhi’s philosophy of non-violent social involvement. A decade later, he set off from India to walk to the major world capitals without a penny in his pocket, campaigning against nuclear weapons. Today, Satish Kumar is [...]
Mind at Peace, Body in Balance (Shambhala Sun)
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Sept. 1999 A look at healing meditations developed by Tulku Thondup Rinpoche, author of The Healing Power of Mind. The simplicity of the mindfulness meditations taught by Jon Kabat-Zinn makes them readily accessible to non-Buddhists. But healing practices are also at the heart of the more esoteric teachings of Tibetan Buddhism, and Tulku Thondup Rinpoche, [...]
Jon Kabat-Zinn: The Prescription is Meditation (Shambhala Sun)
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Shambhala Sun, Sept. 1999 From the inner city to the executive suite, in hospitals and prisons, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn’s meditation courses are helping thousands handle illness stress, anger and addiction. Lawrence Pintak profiles the man who has brought meditation to the American mainstream. John Coolidge was alone with his mind. Paralyzed and rendered deaf by [...]
The Dharma Scribe (Beliefnet.com)
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A former physician and monk from Australia named Nick Ribush could be the reason you’re reading this story. You have probably never heard his name, but if you’ve ever picked up a book about Buddhism, Nick Ribush has had an impact on your life. These days, chains like Barnes & Noble have entire aisles devoted [...]
Balancing Business With Buddha: More and more executives and entrepreneurs are bringing the dharma to the art of the deal (Beliefnet.com)
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June 2001The wise and moral man Shines like a fire on a hilltop Who does not hurt the flower. Such a man makes his pile As an anthill, gradually Grown wealthy, he thus And firmly binds his friends To himself. –Singaalovaada Sutra“Buddhist principles can help cut inventory and reduce supply chain costs.” That advice was [...]
“Something Has to Change”: Blacks in American Buddhism (Shambhala Sun)
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Shambhala Sun, September 2001. Lawrence Pintak tells the compelling stories of three African-American dharma teachers. He asks them why American Buddhism attracts so few people of color and what can be done about it. Jan Willis was feeling euphoric. Sitting in the basement of a church in London’s impoverished East End last summer, she looked [...]
