online archive
4:00PM
NOV 6 2007
David Lynch discovers transcendental meditation
From What is Enlightenment, a special issue on searching for utopia, including Andrew Cohen and Ken Wilber on community and the utopian impulse in a post-postmodern world; an interview with Fritzie P. Manuel, co-author of Utopian Thought in the Western World; and an article on the viability of a world government: Exploring humanity's timeless quest for heaven on earth. From Tricycle, a review of One City: A Declaration of Interdependence by Ethan Nichtern. Law, Buddhism and social change: An interview with the 14th Dalai Lama. 21st-Century Monk: Another interview with the Dalai Lama. The installation of the Dalai Lama as a distinguished professor at Emory is the culmination of a relationship spanning nearly two decades; and Naropa University’s Buddhist-inspired teaching is aimed at giving students "a critical perspective on their inner lives". As much as she would like a quiet life, Jetsun Kushok, Tibetan Buddhism's foremost female lama, is in demand and a role model to Western followers. A review of Foundations of Dharmakirti's Philosophy. What is happiness, and how can we all get some? Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard investigates. When David Lynch discovered transcendental meditation it changed his life — now he wants it to change yours.
