Contents

Editor’s Preface

A Brief Note on the Buddhadharma Forum Panels

BUDDHA: THE PRACTICE

   1. Face-to-Face with the Buddha: The Teacher-Student Relationship

       Zoketsu Norman Fischer

       Sharon Salzberg

       Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

   2. The First Awareness: Meditating on the Body

       Cyndi Lee

       Phillip Moffitt

       Reginald Ray

       Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

   3. Space and Stillness: Varieties of Formless Meditation

       Patricia Dai-en Bennage

       Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

       Gaylon Ferguson

       Ven. Ajahn Sumedho

   4. All Part of the Practice: Obstacles and Their Antidotes

       Judith Simmer-Brown

       Ezra Bayda

       Kamala Masters

   5. The Wisdom of Energy: Bringing Emotions to the Path

       Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

       Sharon Salzberg

       John Tarrant, Roshi

       Judith Simmer-Brown

   6. Off the Cushion: Theravāda Practice in Daily Life

       Gil Fronsdal

       Marcia Rose

       Michael Grady

   7. Poison, Fuel, or Medicine? The Sense Pleasures

       Bhante Piyānanda

       Sojun Mel Weitsman, Roshi

       Reginald Ray

       Miranda Shaw

   8. A Quiet and Secluded Place: Going on Retreat

       Guy Armstrong

       Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel

       Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei

   9. Transforming the Kleśas: The Main Work of Meditation

       Zenkei Blanche Hartman

       Ringu Tulku

       Guy Armstrong

 10. At the End: The Practice of Old Age and Death

       Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

       Frank Ostaseski

       Jan Chozen Bays, Roshi

       Ven. Ajahn Amaro

DHARMA: THE TEACHINGS

 11. More than Just Sitting: The Importance of Study

       Bhante Gunaratana

       John Daido Loori, Roshi

       Georges Dreyfus

       Christina Feldman

 12. How Does Suffering End? The Meaning of the Third Noble Truth

       Andrew Olendzki

       Zenkei Blanche Hartman

       Gaylon Ferguson

 13. Rebirth and Free Will: How Buddhists Understand Karma

       Ven. Ajahn Amaro

       Robin Kornman

       Zoketsu Norman Fischer

 14. Training the Mind and Heart: The Lojong System

       Ken McLeod

       B. Alan Wallace

       Judy Lief

 15. Do Buddhists Pray? Asking for Help in a Nontheistic Religion

       Mark Unno

       Reverend Shohaku Okumura

       Bhante Seelawimala

       Sarah Harding

 16. Dropping Body and Mind: Understanding Dōgen

       Bonnie Myotai Treace, Sensei

       Taigen Dan Leighton

       Zoketsu Norman Fischer

       Steven Heine

 17. Healthy Ego vs. Nonego: Can Psychology Help Buddhist Practitioners?

       Jack Kornfield

       Harvey Aronson

       Judy Lief

 18. The Tantric Experiment: Bringing Vajrayāna to the West

       Anne Carolyn Klein

       Larry Mermelstein

       Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

 19. Dzogchen: The Great Perfection

       Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

       Marcia Schmidt

       Ron Garry

SANGHA: THE COMMUNITY

 20. Dharma for All: Diversity in American Buddhism

       Charles Prebish

       Paul Haller

       Marlene Jones

       Guy McCloskey

 21. Who Will Take the Dharma Seat? Choosing and Training Teachers

       Jack Kornfield

       Yvonne Rand

       Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

       Richard Shrobe

       Ven. Ajahn Amaro

 22. The Practice of Śīla: Ethics and Morality in Modern Buddhism

       Lama Palden Drolma

       Andrew Olendzki

       Zoketsu Norman Fischer

 23. Words and Essence: The Challenges of Translation

       Francisca Cho

       Elizabeth Callahan

       Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi

       Larry Mermelstein

 24. San Francisco Zen Center: A Case Study in Building American Buddhism

       Zenkei Blanche Hartman

       Zoketsu Norman Fischer

       Myogen Steve Stücky

       Mary Morgan

 25. Still Work to Be Done: Women in Western Buddhism

       Grace Schireson

       Rita Gross

       Christina Feldman

       Lama Palden Drolma

 26. Monks, Nuns, and Yogis: The Need for Full-Time Practitioners

       Robert Thurman

       Judy Lief

       Joseph Goldstein

 27. Engaged Buddhism: How Political Is the Dharma?

       David Loy

       Joan Sutherland, Roshi

       Mushim Ikeda

 28. Where Do We Go from Here? New Generations of Buddhists

       Sumi Loundon Kim

       Zoketsu Norman Fischer

       Rod Meade Sperry

       Iris Brilliant

Contributors

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