The path of life is love — from loving
ourselves, to intimate relationships, to love that embraces all beings.
Our annual all-teachings issue offers Buddhist wisdom on bringing more
love into your life.
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exclusives. Click here to order a copy from the Shambhala Sun webstore.
this issue's editorial:
• Right Here With You
Shambhala Sun deputy editor Andrea Miller on truly enjoying love and celebration, but without getting "too sugary sweet." features
• What's Love Got to Do With It?
She’s
the Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll. An unwanted child. A believer in the power
of love. She's also a longtime Buddhist. Andrea Miller talks to Tina Turner.
• Let Me Count the Ways
John Tarrant on Falling in Love: It
was his first kiss, a moment when no one was running the show and no
calculations were being made. In so many ways, love is like
enlightenment.
• Six Ways to Make it Work
After
the honeymoon, real life sets in—budgets to balance, toilet seats left
up, and in-laws coming for dinner—but if we practice the six paramitas,
or transcendent perfections, we discover how to always live in love. Susan Piver on Being in a Relationship.
• Waking Up Alone
Everything changes; nothing lasts. In matters of the heart this can
be an especially difficult truth to wake up to. What do we do when the
love story ends? Karen Maezen Miller on Breaking Up.
• The Buddha in the Mirror
So much can happen if we have the courage to look at ourselves honestly. Carolyn Rose Gimian on Loving Ourselves.
PLUS: Norman Fischer on Practicing Together and Judy Lief on Loving Everyone.
other voices• Showing Up For Your Life
You're jealous or angry or lonely. Don't run from the feeling, says Pema Chödrön. Stay present. RELATED SHAMBHALASUN.COM SPOTLIGHT:
• Pema Chödrön: Her best from the Shambhala Sun
• In Sync
When body and mind are synchronized, Sakyong Mipham says, we can live with grace and dignity, grounded and in harmony with the world around us.RELATED SHAMBHALASUN.COM SPOTLIGHT:
• Sakyong Mipham: His best from the Shambhala Sun
PLUS: "The Sleeping Bird" by Mark Krieger; "Beyond Fight or Flight," by Gabriel Cohen, and a Q&A with Lisa See.
barry boyce on "the mindful society"
• Building Harmony
As a teachers of architecture, Peter Schneider and Kat Vlahos seeks to
instill in their students an aesthetic of simplicity, quiet, and
harmony.SEE ALSO:
• MINDFUL: Living with Awareness and Compassion
This website from the publishers of the Shambhala Sun will help you bring the benefits of mindfulness practice into every aspect of your life.
reviews• Gods & Kings for Modern Times
Gaylon Ferguson reviews All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age, by Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Dorrance Kelly, and To Uphold the World: A Call for a New Global Ethic from Ancient India, by Bruce Rich.
