June 2003:
June
3, 2003
2.
The Boy Monk ...Anh Do and Teri Sforza
3. Waiting for the Right Time ...Upasaka Guy Rom
4. A Letter to a Friend Considering Ordination ...Bhikshuni
Thubten Chodron
5. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: Mahayana Zengong
6. Book Review: Qigong Empowerment: A Guide to Medical,
Taoist, Buddhist, Wushu Energy Cultivation ...by Shou-Yu
Liang, Wen-Ching Wu
June
9, 2003
1.
New UrbanDharma eMail address
3.
Children Get a Yen for Zen ...By Karyn Hsiao
4. A Few Sample Meditations for Young People
5. How should I teach Buddhism to my children?
6. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: Mountain Spirit Center
7. Book Review: Meditating With Children: The Art of Concentration
and Centering: A Workbook on New Educational Methods Using
Meditation ...by Deborah, Ph.D. Rozman
June
17, 2003
2.
The Joy Hidden in Sorrow
3. Understanding the Experience of Grief
4. Grief is for Sharing
5. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week:
The Amaravati Monastery
6. Book Review: Healing Lazarus: A Buddhist's Journey from
Near Death to New Life ...by Lewis Richmond
June
24, 2003
2.
Forgiveness and Self-Examination ...By Gregg Krech
3. Forgiveness
4. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week:
Theravada Buddhist Society of America
5. Book Review: A Beginner's Guide to Forgiveness ...How
to Free Your Heart and Awaken Compassion ...Jack Kornfield
...Audio CD, 74 minutes
June
30, 2003
2.
The Pali Cannon ...www.BuddhaMind.info
3. A Summary of the Major Text Divisions ...www.BuddhaMind.info
4. The Pali Language: ‘Did the Buddha speak Pali?’
...www.BuddhaMind.info
5. A Guide to Learning the Pali Language ...by John Bullitt
6. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: The Pali Text Society
7. Book Review: A New Course in Reading Pali: Entering the
Word of the Buddha ...by James W. Gair, W. S. Karunatillake
July
2003:
July
8, 2003
1.
How to Find a Buddhist Temple ...by George Klima and Chris
Ng
2.
Buddhist Teachers ...Sarlo's Guru Rating Service
3. ZEN (Roshis, Senseis and the like) ...Sarlo's Guru Rating
Service
4. TIBETAN (Rinpoches, Lamas etc) ...Sarlo's Guru Rating
Service
5. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: ThubtenChodron.org
6. Book/Movie Review: Meetings With Remarkable Women: Buddhist
Teachers in America ...by Lenore Friedman
July
15, 2003
1.
Shaolin Temple and the Martial Arts
2. Martial Arts ...JapanZone
3.
What does practicing religiously mean? ...by Sifu Robert
Brown
4. The Zen Way to the Martial Arts. ...By George Leonard
5. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: A Shaolin Monastery
...Photo Album
6. Book/Movie Review: The Shaolin Temple ...Movie- in DVD
& VHS
July
22, 2003
1.
Bible Losing Monopoly ...BY BILL MAXWELL ST
2. Buddhist Temple's Obon Festival Updates Ancient Festival
...By Marcia Manna
3. A Buddha-shaped hole ...Colin Thubron
4. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: The UC Irvine Buddhist
Association
5. Book/Movie Review: Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud
...Sun Shuyun ...Amazon.com.UK
July
29, 2003
1.
A City's Police Turn to Buddhism to Fight Gangs ...By KATIE
ZEZIMA
2. Life as a Benedictine Nun ...Sister Donald Corcoran
3. Taking the unknown path ...By Georgia Rowe ...TIMES CORRESPONDENT
4. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: The Rinzai-ji Zen
Center
5. Book Review: Boomeritis: A Novel That Will Set You Free
...by Ken Wilber
August
2003:
August
5, 2003
1.
Purer Instinct: Ethical Sensibility ...by Vidyadevi
2. All Embacing Urge ...by Srimati
3. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: Amida Trust
4. Book / Movie Review: Brother Sun, Sister Moon (Movie-1973)
...The Life and Times of St. Francis of Assisi
August
12, 2003
1.
Buddhist traditions converge at Change Your Mind day ...By
Angel Gonzalez
2. 2003 Monastic Retreat: A Perspective ...By Brady T. Chin,
L.Ac.
3. Buddhist Ordination for Women ...In 2002, 40 women were
ordained...
4. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: Enmanji Buddhist
Temple
5. Book/Movie Review: Turning the Wheel: Essays on Buddhism
and Writing ...by Charles Johnson
August
19, 2003
Summer
Road Trip- No Newsletter
August
26, 2003
Summer
Road Trip- No Newsletter
September 2003:
September
2, 2003
1.
Ritual loom: Weaving, cutting, dying, sewing.
2. Inheritance
3. No Dog Collars Allowed: A Justification of the Western
Clergy Collar
4. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: Zen Meditation Groups
in the California Central Valley
5. Book/Movie Review: My Master's Robe: Memories of a Novice
Monk ...by Thich Nhat Hanh
September
9, 2003
1.
Conversation with a Buddhist Monk
2. New homes for shrines to Buddhist tradition Church finds
families for antique altars
3. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: The Seattle Buddhist
Temple
4. Book/Movie Review: Graceful Simplicity: The Philosophy
and Politics of the Alternative American Dream ...by Jerome
M. Segal
September
16, 2003
Special
Issue / Buddhism and Health
1.
Is Buddhism Good for Your Health? ...By STEPHEN S. HALL
2. Buddhism, Medicine, and Health ...Ven. Master Hsing Yun
3. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: None
4. Book/Movie Review: None
September
23, 2003
Special
Issue / Buddhism and Ecology
0.
Those Dam Builders!
1. Spiritual Approach Urged to Save Earth ...Gazette Staff
2. The Ecology of Buddhism ...by Mushroom Cloud Nine
3. The foundations of ecology in Zen Buddhism ...by Ven.
Sunyana Graef
4. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: Dharma Rain Zen Center
5. Book/Movie Review: Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism
...by Stephanie Kaza (Editor), Kenneth Kraft (Editor)
September
30, 2003
1.
The Monk and the Alligator ...by Crispin Day
2. Anchorage Woman Prepares to Enter the Priesthood SHIN
BUDDHIST:
3. Voice from a Thai girl ...Buddhist ordination ...Sawasdee
Kha
4. Ordination of Buddhist women
5. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: Mahabodhi Institute
6.
Book/Movie Review: Kosmic Consciousness ...by Ken Wilber
October 2003:
October
7, 2003
Special
Issue / Buddhism and the Postmodern World
1. The Postmodern Buddha ...by Mark A. Pegrum
2. The Other Enlightenment Project ...Stephen Batchelor
3. A role of Buddhism in Postmodern Psychotherapy ...from
MindIs.com
4. Maitreya Buddha - the future of Buddhism in the West
...from MindIs.com
5. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: www.MindIs.com/Dharma
6. Book/Movie Review: The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social
Theory ...by David R. Loy
October
14, 2003
Special
Issue / Western Buddhist Monastic Conference
1.
Three Western Buddhist Monastic Conference Photo Albums:
2. The 9th Western Buddhist Monastic Conference
3. The 8th Western Buddhist Monastic Conference
4. The 7th Western Buddhist Monastic Conference
5. The 6th Western Monastic Buddhist Conference
6. The 4th Western Buddhist Monastic Conference
7. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: None
8. Book/CD/Movie Review: None
October
21, 2003
Special
Issue / The Self in Christianity and Buddhism
1.
Christian Forums > Buddhism and Christianity
2. Self and No Self ...Dharma Talk ...Albuquerque Zen Center
3. A SIMPLE PERSPECTIVE ON 'NO SELF' ...By Upasika Khema
Sally Jantrarit
4. The Self in Christianity and Buddhism
5. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: The North American
Interfaith Network
6. Book/CD/Movie Review: MY FAVORITE BUDDHIST-CHRISTIAN
BOOKS ...by djgnostic
October
28, 2003
Special
Issue / The Nichiren Shu
1.
Nichiren Shonin (1222-1282) ...by Ryuei Michael McCormick
2. My Letter to Nichiren ...by Ryuei Michael McCormick
3. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: Nichiren-Shu.org
4. Book/CD/Movie Review: None
November 2003:
November
4, 2003
Special
Issue / The Jhanas
1.
What is the Purpose of Jhana Meditation?
2. BUDDHIST MEDITATION: Stages of Mindfulness and Aborsption
3. The Five Hindrances (Nivarana) ...Venerable Ajahn Brahmavamso
4. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: The Wangapeka Study
and Retreat Centre
5. Book/CD/Movie Review: Analysis of the Jhãnas in
Theravãda Buddhist Meditation - Ven. H. Gunaratana
November
11, 2003
Special
Issue / Suffering in Buddhism
1.
To Comprehend Suffering ...by Phra Ajaan Suwat Suvaco
2. Suffering and Buddhism ...Paul Ingram
3. Suffering and the Buddhist Tradition ...Venerable Guo
Yuan Fa Shi
4. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: Abhayagiri Buddhist
Monastery
5. Book/CD/Movie Review: Transforming Suffering: Reflections
on Finding Peace in Troubled Times
November
18, 2003
Special
Issue / Women & Buddhism
1.
8th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women
2. THE FOUR BODHISATTVA VOWS
3. Buddhist Nuns from a Modern Perspective ...by Juo-hsueh
Shih
4. The Legend of Miao-shan
5. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: ZEN, WOMEN, AND BUDDHISM
6. Book/CD/Movie Review: Women in Buddhism - Question &
Answers (795 KB) e-Book
November
25, 2003
Special
Issue / Prayer & Buddhism
1.
Click here for good karma
2. Re: Buddhism and prayer ...Michael
3. BUDDHIST PRAYER ...Buddhist Faith Fellowship of Connecticut
4. Prayer In Buddhism ...From SGI Quarterly
5. The meaning of prayer in Buddhism -- Robert Kurniawan
6. Buddhist Prayer Beads
7. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: Prayer Directory
- Buddhist - Buddhist Prayers
8. Book/CD/Movie Review: Loving-kindness Meditation
December
December
2, 2003
Special
Issue /
Buddhist Christian
1. Benedict's Dharma 2 the Web Site...
2. From Day 3, Benedicts Dharma 2, Questions and Answers...
3. A Buddhist in Catholic Clothing ...Charlotte McGuinn
Freeman
4. Jesus through Buddhist Eyes
5. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: Monastic Interreligious
Dialogue (MID)
6. Book/CD/Movie Review: Free Offer - The MID Bulletin/Magazine
December
9, 2003
*
No Newsletter
December
16, 2003
Special
Issue /
Christian Meditation
1. Information About Christian Meditation
2. Christian Meditation ...Tom Adams
3. The Pitfalls of Christian Meditation ...Sister Mary (Meg)
Margaret Funk
4. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: Irish Community for
Christian Meditation
5. Book/CD/Movie Review: Tools Matter ...by Sister Mary
Margaret Funk, OSB
December
23, 2003
Special
Issue / Buddhist
Christmas
1. A Buddhist Christmas Tree ...Weekly Sermon
2.
A Buddhist Christmas Story ...A Christmas Story from the
Lotus Sutra
3. Christmas Dharma ...by Lama Thubten Yeshe
4. Christmas Practice ...Santoshni Perara
5. "Giving loving kindness at Christmas" - by
Sian Spanner
6. Converting Christmas ...By Rev. Oswin Hollenbeck
7. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: The Manitoba Buddhist
Church
8. Book/CD/Movie Review: None
December
30, 2003
Special
Issue /
Buddhist New Year
1. Buddhist New Year ...Author: Yeshe Chodon
2. Gonging in the New Year at a Buddhist Temple ...The Chosun
Ilbo
3. Cambodian New Year ...Author: Kathy Moss
4. Why celebrate New Year's only once a year?
5. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: EXPERIENCING SOUTHEAST
ASIA IN THE DELAWARE VALLEY
6.
Book/CD/Movie Review: e-Book - Benedict's Dharma 2 in a
Text Only Version - PDF (425 KB)
