Buddhism, Part II: Theravada and Tantra

THE LAUGHING MAN VOL. 1. NO. 2

©1976 The Laughing Man Institute for Traditional and Contemporary Studies of Spirituality and Culture.

Editorial: God, Politics, and the Iron Bird.

In the Spirit of Buddhism by Bubba Free John.

Nalandra: The Oxford of Buddhism.

Theravada, An Introduction

Satipatthana Meditation by Nyanaponika Thera.

There Will Always Be Noise, an interview with Dhiravamsa.

“Oh This Is What It’s Like!”, an interview with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein.

Three Southeast Asian Masters:

Unflinching Energy: Sunlun Sayadaw

Catching Fish With Your Hands: Achaan Naeb

Not in the Ditch: Achaan Chaa

Bubba Free John on Meditation, Part II: There is Nothing to Be Attained, by Gene Dougherty.

The Tantra of Tibet, An Introduction

Only Boundless Mercy: The Practice of Tibetan Tantra by the XVI Gyalwa Karmapa.

The Moment You See Him, an interview with the Karmapa’s disciple, Sister Palmo.

Things Get Very Clear When You’re Concerned, an interview with Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

Lama Yeshe on Buddhist and Hindu Tantra, an interview with Lama Thubten Yeshe of Tibet.

Agehananda Bharati:
Interview: The Great Advaitins are Crashing Bores
Writings: The Tantric Tradition and Its Target.

The Trials of Milarepa.

The Path of Liberation:
The Songs of Mahamudra by Tilopa
The Errors in Mahamudra Practice by Lama Kong Ka,
The Innermost Essence by Jigmê Lingpa, Trans. Chögyam Trungpa.

Isn’t That How They Keep Warm in the Snow?: Tumo, the Tibetan “Heat Yoga”.

Miracles: The Irreverent Intrusions of God, by Saniel Bonder.

Books:
The Tibetan Book of the Dead, by Chögyam Trungpa and Francesca Fremantle.
Interview with Francesca Fremantle.
Space-Time and Beyond by Bob Toben.
Tao: The Watercourse Way, by Alan Watts.
A Sense of the Cosmos by Jacob Needleman.