Archives: LR Articles
White Plums and Lizard Tails: The story of Maezumi Roshi and his American Lineage
The story of a great Zen teacher—Taizan Maezumi Roshi—and his dharma heirs. Finding innovative ways to express their late teacher’s inspiration, the White Plum sangha is one of the most vital in Western Buddhism.
The Paradox of Happiness
Real happiness is what we all want, but none of our strategies for finding it seem to work. Maybe it's the search for happiness that makes us unhappy. John Tarrant has some thoughts on why the Buddha smiles.
The Practice and Philosophy of the Buddhist Path
Once you understand, through study, what the Buddha is saying about his own awakening, you are already within the fiery process of the path.
That Problematic “Self”
In the fourth and final post in his series on the Buddhist concept of "self," Dr. Reginald Ray talks about how we maintain our "self" and therefore suffer.
Jonathan Schell on the Choice We Face
The world faces a critical choice: whether to use military power or nonviolent political means to resolve our affairs. Jonathan Schell on this choice.
Change of Heart
"My heart riffs through a repertory of responses before I can think," says Sylvia Boorstein. But she doesn't mind—she's glad to have a responsive heart.
There Is No “I” Who Is Sitting
Master Sheng-yen teaches the technique of silent illumination.