ISSUE 54: Winter 2001/2

 

How can we respond to violence and cruelty?

What I would say to Osama Bin Laden
Thich Nhat Hanh is interviewed by Anne A. Simpkinson

Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese monk in the Zen Buddhist tradition who worked tirelessly for peace during the Vietnam War, and is internationally respected for his teaching on mindfulness, and 'socially engaged Buddhism'. Interviewed in the USA a few days after September 11.

Has September 11 has caused you to question how you respond to violence? To wonder how far your response may compromise the principle of peace? This interview with Thich Nhat Hanh, given in the US just after September 11, is a classic and deeply moving statement about how to live by the ideals of peace and compassion. More->>

 

A country of great beauty:
a proud and self-respecting people

 

The Spirit of Afghanistan
by Lesley Garner

When the Northern Alliance took Kabul it didn't take long for the first kite to appear, fluttering above Kabul's flat mud rooftops. The Taliban had banned kite flying and music and it seems that they have uprooted and destroyed other things that once made Afghanistan a magical country. More->>

 

 

Meditation and Global Awareness
by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
What has changed since September 11th?

The Healing Land
by Rupert Isaccson
Healing trance dance with Bushmen of the Kalahari

Forgiveness
by Christine Morgan
A dynamic force for evolution