Buddhadharma - The Practitioner's Guide Summer 2023
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THE SUMMER ISSUE: POWERS
What powers your practice? Buddhist practice, in the popular mind, is conceived of as gentle, even somewhat passive—yet it prizes and cultivates potent powers derived from both oneself and other sources. The Spring 2023 Buddhadharma looks at the powers that we cultivate in our dharma practice, from the absolutely practical to the mysterious (and even the supernatural).
FEATURING
Renew Your Connection to the 5 Strengths
The pancabala, or five strengths, are faith, power, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom. In this in-depth conversation, Sr. Dang Nghiem, Plum Village teacher and author of Flowers in the Dark, details each of the five strengths one by one, and explains how we can re-engage with them and keep progressing on the path.
The Fundamental Power of Vajrayana
What is the source of Tantric Buddhism’s renowned spiritual power? How is it possible to attain liberation from confused and confusing entanglements while actively engaging everyday life? Buddhist teacher Gaylon Ferguson explains the tantric view—“that everything everywhere is already wakefulness itself”—and how that view is key in leading us to enlightenment.
Looking to the Three Powers for Patient Acceptance
“Where do I find the power to get through this?” Freshly informed by a truly tragic personal loss, Nichiren Shu priest Rev. Ryuei McCormick shares how he found solace and sustenance by engaging the “Three Powers” as expounded by Tiantai Zhiyi (537-598) and later Nichiren (1222-1282): the powers of the Buddha, of samadhi, and of the practitioner's own foundational merit.
PLUS: Roshi Joan Amaral on how to skillfully work with power in society; Mark Unno on self-and other-power; Thanissaro Bhikkhu on the psychic powers that some practitioners may experience; Rev. Heng Sure on the Ten Powers of a Bodhisattva; Joie Szu-Chiao Chen’s latest dharma-book reviews, “Ask the Teachers,” and more.
What powers your practice? Buddhist practice, in the popular mind, is conceived of as gentle, even somewhat passive—yet it prizes and cultivates potent powers derived from both oneself and other sources. The Spring 2023 Buddhadharma looks at the powers that we cultivate in our dharma practice, from the absolutely practical to the mysterious (and even the supernatural).
FEATURING
Renew Your Connection to the 5 Strengths
The pancabala, or five strengths, are faith, power, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom. In this in-depth conversation, Sr. Dang Nghiem, Plum Village teacher and author of Flowers in the Dark, details each of the five strengths one by one, and explains how we can re-engage with them and keep progressing on the path.
The Fundamental Power of Vajrayana
What is the source of Tantric Buddhism’s renowned spiritual power? How is it possible to attain liberation from confused and confusing entanglements while actively engaging everyday life? Buddhist teacher Gaylon Ferguson explains the tantric view—“that everything everywhere is already wakefulness itself”—and how that view is key in leading us to enlightenment.
Looking to the Three Powers for Patient Acceptance
“Where do I find the power to get through this?” Freshly informed by a truly tragic personal loss, Nichiren Shu priest Rev. Ryuei McCormick shares how he found solace and sustenance by engaging the “Three Powers” as expounded by Tiantai Zhiyi (537-598) and later Nichiren (1222-1282): the powers of the Buddha, of samadhi, and of the practitioner's own foundational merit.
PLUS: Roshi Joan Amaral on how to skillfully work with power in society; Mark Unno on self-and other-power; Thanissaro Bhikkhu on the psychic powers that some practitioners may experience; Rev. Heng Sure on the Ten Powers of a Bodhisattva; Joie Szu-Chiao Chen’s latest dharma-book reviews, “Ask the Teachers,” and more.