Art and Buddhism Art and Buddhism: The Shambhala Sun offers a wide selection of articles from authors, actors, artists and musicians who temper their artistic discipline with Buddhist wisdom.
Richard
Gere, Leonard Cohen, Alice Walker and bell hooks are but a few of the
talented artists whose lives and work have been enriched by Buddhism.
The Shambhala Sun is pleased to present the work of these and other
artists.
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Continuing
our celebration of the Shambhala Sun’s 30th anniversary, we showcase
seven artists whose work manifests the qualities of awakened mind, with
commentary by the Sun’s art director, Liza Matthews.
A Beat/Slacker Transgenerational Meeting of Minds
Richard Gere talks about his many years of Buddhist practice, his devotion to his teacher the Dalai Lama, and his work on behalf of the dharma and the cause of the Tibetan people.
Loud,
clever, witty, weird and POSITIVE, the Beastie Boys are one of the
world's biggest alternative bands. Beastie Boy Adam Yauch brought
Tibetan music and Buddhist philosophy to their latest album, Ill
Communication. He talks to The Shambhala Sun about hip-hop, hardcore,
helping people, and "gettin' stupid."
A surprising conversation about being black and Buddhist in America with award-winning writer Charles Johnson.
Her new album, Watershed, reflects the dramatic changes in her life since she became a committed Buddhist. k.d. lang talks for the first time about her Buddhist teacher and practice.
And to a remarkable extent, Leonard Cohen is succeeding. Sarah Hampson had a rare opportunity to spend an afternoon with the famed singer and poet. He's got the wisdom of age but he's still the essence of cool—the perfect reflection of his years of Zen.
"To give oneself over to the objective business of writing," says Pico Iyer, "is to see how subjective the whole business of the self and writing is."
A profile by Steve Brooks
In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of "Howl," the Shambhala Sun presents this exclusive autobiographical talk by the late poet and cultural icon Allen Ginsberg, narrating his spiritual journey from Blake to the Buddha.
Her masterpiece The Year of Magical Thinking is a meditation on the human mind both pointed and profound. In that year following her husband’s death she learned in her bones the basic truths we so often deny—death, impermanence, and aloneness. David Swick profiles Joan Didion, a great American journalist observing her own mind and experience.
This is the best time to be alive, says Alice Walker, because there is so much work to do—so many poor to house and feed, so much opportunity for self-realization, the earth itself to be saved. The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, poet, and essayist talks about her spiritual practice, the importance of resolve, and the charming perfection of her imperfect cat.
For bell hooks, fighting oppression doesn't require anger or conflict—just opening our hearts and speaking the truth fearlessly. Barry Boyce tells the story of this renowned feminist and social critic, and how she came to embrace activism without enemies and a visionary kind of love.
British writer Stephen Mooney says we need the Beats’ example of resistance to oppressive conformity more than ever
If he's unlucky, he says, they call him "wild and untamed." A conversation with Dzongsar Khyentse about what it's like for a traditional Buddhist teacher to also live the life of a filmmaker.
More Related Articles:
• Web Exclusive: David Guy on the Zen of Writing, by Andrea Miller
• Richard Gere Knows What Counts, by Trish Deitch Rohrer
• Happiness Is..., by Richard Gere and Matthieu Ricard
• Thanks for the Dance, by Pico Iyer
• Writers and the War Against Nature, by Gary Snyder
• "There's No Place to Go But Up," by Maya Angelou and bell hooks
• Rivers Cuomo: A Difference You Can Hear, by Jeff Pardy
• Radiohead's Thom Yorke: The View From the Stage, by Judy Bond
• Concept Becomes Experience: A Composer's Journey, by Peter Lieberson
• Steven Seagal Speaks, by Stanley Weiser
Links:
• Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
• The Gere Foundation
• k.d. lang
• Leonard Cohen
• Maya Angelou
• Allen Ginsberg
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