Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan died on June 17th [2004] at the age of 87 (see our online memorial). Lawrence Pintak interviewed Pir Vilayat and wrote this article in 2000. “The whole quest of Sufism is the search for the hidden secret, the desire to know,” says Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan. “But the secret can only […]
Translating Spirituality Into Real Life: An interview with the late Sufi master, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan (Beliefnet.com)
July 20, 2005 by Leave a Comment
Gene Smith’s Mission (BuddhaDharma)
December 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment
Vol. 1, No. 1 2002 Lawrence Pintak profiles Gene Smith, the man from Ogden, Utah who single-handedly spearheaded the preservation of thousands of Tibetan texts after the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1959. Smith’s mission continues. He has spent his life wrapped in the dharma. For the past 40 years, Gene Smith has lived, breathed […]
“Something Has to Change”: Blacks in American Buddhism (Shambhala Sun)
September 1, 2001 by 1 Comment
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 […]
Balancing Business With Buddha: More and more executives and entrepreneurs are bringing the dharma to the art of the deal (Beliefnet.com)
June 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment
June 2001 The 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 […]
The Dharma Scribe (Beliefnet.com)
February 15, 2001 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
A Share of the Soil
October 2, 2000 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
Tibet’s Suffering: Visiting lama survived 20 years in Chinese jail
January 3, 2000 by 1 Comment
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 […]
