John Tarrant

pdf I asked friends and meditators about symptoms of money loss and what the advantages of financial crisis might be. "It's important not to discount the idea that in a crisis, you might be having the time of your life." Shambhala Sun Jan 2010.

The texture of political action and meditation. This article was chosen for a Shambhala anthology of the best Buddhist pieces in the last 30 years. It was originally published in Shambhala Sun under the title "Return To The World".

pdf from Shambhala Sun. This is my run at describing what a meditation practice is and what it does for you. Read this first if you want to know what our approach is.

Interview about the nature of Zen. Something else that indicates our approach.

pdf from Shambhala Sun. Meeting an economic crisis is something interesting, and a new time in the culture might be a relief. Suze Orman emailed me to say she was "surprised and delighted" when she read this article.

pdf from Shambhala Sun. An exploration of epiphanies and awakening as events that occur naturally and are triggered and developed by koans and meditation. An epiphany marks what happens when you step into a new way of being in the world.

Wooing happiness without doing anything. First published in The Shambhala Sun.

A transcript of a talk that is a looser version of what turned into a chapter in Bring Me The Rhinoceros. The talk was given on April 3, 2004, at Spring Retreat, St. Dorothy's Rest, Camp Meeker, California.