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Book Review:
The Essential Crazy Wisdom, by Wes Nisker
Ten Speed Press, 2001 256 pp

Lisa Commager

Wes Nisker, author, performer, teacher of Buddhist meditation, gathers a wide range of humor and wisdom into this classic book.

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Teacher Reflections: Profile of Arinna Weisman

Orli Bahcall

From her roots in South Africa through her years in Thai Forest monasteries, Arinna Weisman has developed an activist’s approach to the dharma.

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On taking a personal retreat

Orli G. Bahcall

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Patience

Allan Lokos

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Book Reflections: I and Thou by Martin Buber

Yoav Ben-Yosef

The great 20th-century Christian theologian, Martin Buber, poured his soul into this spiritual manifesto.

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Right Intention, Wise Intention, No Intention

Jon Aaron

This is a wonderful article by Jon Aaron exploring what a practice of mindfulness of intentions can be.

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Teacher Reflections: Opening the Heart

Charmaine Henderson

Charmaine explores the Buddha’s instructions for getting beyond fear by opening the heart to who we really are.

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Teacher Reflections with Gina Sharpe

Interview by Yoav Ben-Yosef, a New York Insight Sangha member

A conversation about Sharpe’s path through the Dharma and her thoughts about the practice, silence, and the chance for enlightenment.

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Integrating Equanimity

George Pitagorsky

Integrating into the relative after experiencing equanimity

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