Look inside the March 2011 Shambhala Sun magazine.
Featuring Pema Chödrön's Smile at Fear teachings, plus Thich Nhat Hanh, Karen Armstrong, Charles Johnson, and much more.
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march 2011 editorial
"We are honored," writes Editor-in-Chief Melvin McLeod,
"to feature in this issue three of the most important spiritual voices
of our time, Thich Nhat Hanh, Pema Chödrön, and Karen Armstrong. What
amazes me is that their basic message is the same: Love thyself."
on the cover: pema chödrön's "smile at fear" teachings
For years Pema
Chödrön
has taught us how difficulty and uncertainty can become opportunities
for awakening. Now, her “Smile At Fear” talks take these great teachings
to a new level of power and clarity. In this exclusive talk for the
Shambhala Sun, Pema Chödrön offers her wisdom on bravery, open heart,
and discovering our basic goodness.
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Pema Chödrön is one of the most prominent women teachers of Buddhism. She is resident director at Gampo Abbey monastery in Nova Scotia and the author of several books, including The Wisdom of No Escape, When Things Fall Apart, The Places That Scare You, and No Time to Lose. The Shambhala Sun offers the best selection of her teachings available on the web.
more march 2011 features
Healing the wounded child within each of us, says Thich Nhat Hanh,
is the key to transforming our anger, sadness, and fear. In this
brilliant adaptation of Buddhist psychology for modern times, he shows
us how to do it.
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Thich Nhat Hanh is a Zen teacher, poet, the founder
of the Engaged Buddhist movement, and the author of more than forty books.
The Shambhala Sun offers the best selection of his
teachings and commentaries available on the web.
• The Tender Heart of the Warrior
The
ground of fearlessness, said the late Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche,
is found by renouncing hard-heartedness and allowing ourselves to be tender,
sad, and fully present.
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A collection of teachings from the pioneering Tibetan Buddhist teacher and founder of the Shambhala Sun.
Through
the practice of meditation, says Carolyn Rose Gimian, we stop wasting
our energy on neurosis and discover the power of
basic goodness.
All religions
preach it, we’re all taught it, but how many of us live it? Religious
historian and compassion activist Karen Armstrong says the Golden Rule
holds the key to humanity’s future.
Read the inspirational call to action for a more compassionate world.
Charles Johnson’s
new neighbor had hardly settled in when all hell broke loose. A bad day
ends with a lesson that things are not always what they seem.
PLUS:
Ronlyn Domingue comes to understand the value in small lives, and Tokyo crime reporter Jake Adelstein investigates the mysterious deaths of a couple virtually no one can recall.
barry boyce on "the mindful society"
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