Dharma Life Magazine - Buddhism for Today

Dharma Life is a print magazine devoted to the meeting of Buddhism and the modern world. It is published three times a year. This online edition gives a selection of the articles available in the printed version. more

Issue 25 - Greed: editorial

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.

Turning Ourselves Around

Joanna Macy, Dharma teacher, activist, author and grandmother talks to Parami about global greed and possibilities for change.

Wishful Thinking

How do we handle those burning yearnings? Nagabodhi reflects on the highs and lows of craving in contemporary society.

Keeping Mammon Out of the Temple

Consumer values influence us even while we're on a spiritual path, says Thubten Chodron. Do teachers need to be entertaining to attract students?

A fistful of morals

Mahaprabha is a committed Buddhist teaching business people to succeed in the cut-and-thrust corporate arena, bringing pattern and meaning to the mess of the world.

Twilight Blues and the Urge to Cruise

Sexual craving once dominated Mahananda's mind. Now he lives a much freer life.

Doubt, Debt and Designer Labels

For years Taravandana knew there must be more to life than shopping. Now she has moved away from compulsion on to a path of beauty.

Books

Living with the Devil

A Meditation on Good and Evil
Author: Stephen Batchelor

Dharma, Color and Culture

New Voices in Western Buddhism
Editor: Hilda Gutierrez-Baldoquin

At Hell's Gate

A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace
Author: Claude Anshin Thomas

Essentials of Mahamudra