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Dharma Life
A magazine produced by the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, Dharma Life includes news, articles, reviews, features, comment and interviews covering all aspects of Buddhism in the West.
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Dharma Life is released 3 times a year. We no longer offer subscriptions to Dharma Life as the current issue, issue 26, is the last issue.
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Buddhism teaches that we find freedom when we stop trying to grasp the objects of desire and turn towards the source of desire, the mind. Read on if you want to find ways of living mindfully and working with craving.
Buddhism urges us to engage directly with the realities of old age, sickness and death. The contributors to this issue of Dharma Life have all confronted the challenge of 'facing death, with compassion and humanity.
The theme of this issue is awareness. Buddhism teaches techniques for becoming more aware and these are not ways of just 'doing something' but invitations to open up to the whole range of our experience.
Dharma Life 22 - Beyond Rage... Towards Forgiveness
Learning to forgive is a profound spiritual practice. In this issue of Dharma Life, contributors reflect on letting go of anger, hurt and blame as they follow the Buddha's path towards forgiveness.
Dharma Life 21 - Free the Imagination
This issue of Dharma Life is devoted to the heart's yearning for the freedom promised by the imagination. But does this freedom mean escaping or arriving? Buddhism offers both perspectives.
Dharma Life 20 - Call and Response: Buddhism and
What happens when Buddhists get up from meditation and try to make a difference? This issue of Dharma Life looks at reaching out to the world.
Dharma Life 19 - Transforming Mind
'Experiences are preceded by mind, led by
mind and produced by mind' The Dhammapada.
This issue explores the Buddhist path of growth and change through
transforming the mind.
Dharma Life 18 - Cultural Encounters
People around the world are discovering Buddhism. Sooner or later they have to make sense of its teachings in their own lives and contexts. The question of bringing Buddhism home is explored in this issue.
Dharma Life 17 - Spiritual Community: a living network
This issue of Dharma Life explores the creating of Spiritual Community or Sangha. It begins with communication, as our ability to understand and appreciate others for themselves is what makes us human.
Dharma Life 16 - The Call of the Forest
'What does the forest whisper?' asks Sangharakshita in his poem, The Call of the Forest. The forest is the traditional abode of those who leave the world to follow the Buddha's example of meditation and solitude. The theme of this issue looks at contemporary approaches to 'forest renunciation'.
Dharma Life 15 - Compassion in Action
The Bodhisattva vow to save all beings expresses the willingness to put no limits on what one is prepared to give. This issue explores the challenge for those who want to help others as part of their spiritual path.
Dharma Life 14 - Finding the Truth
Dharma Life 13 - East Meets West
Dharma Life 12 - Ethics, in search of purity
Dharma Life 11 - Faith, a credible mystery
Dharma Life 10 - Wisdom in Focus
Dharma Life 9 - Freeing the Heart
Dharma Life 8 - Sex, a look beneath the surface
Dharma Life 7 - Living with the legacy of Tibet
Dharma Life 6 - Awake to the Cries of the World
Dharma Life 5 - Life after God
Dharma Life 4 - Gurus and disciples