Spring 2017

Vol. 35 No. 3 Spring 2017
Beginning Mind

You who are like beacons of light
shining through the worlds,
Who passed through the stages of enlightenment,
to attain buddhahood,
freedom from all attachment,
I urge you: all of you protectors,
Turn the ursurpassable wheel of Dharma.

—The Avatamsaka Sutra

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Finding Our Way, Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei
Seeking out wakefulness and realization, but do we know how to ask?

This Should Be Easy, Suzanne Taikyo Gilman
Editorial

One Thing, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Osho
Staying close to another being, even a humble spud, reveals the whole universe.

Arousing the Aspiration for Enlightenment, Dogen Zenji
Ultimate realization is the intention of awakening others before oneself.

After All I Still Don’t Know, Ron Hogen Green, Sensei
What do you really trust? We always have a choice.

Right View, Vanessa Zuisei Goddard
The first guidepost on the path of the Buddha’s teachings.

Sangha Reflections: Beginning Mind

Sangha Reflections: Beginning Years at Zen Mountain Monastery

Review: The Buddha’s Teachings on Social and Communal Harmony

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