Parabola-BurningWorld-cover-rev01BURNING WORLD
VOLUME 37 NUMBER 1 spring 2012
8 THE FIRE SERMON The Buddha, translated by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
A fresh translation of an ancient teaching
10 REFLECTIONS ON THE FIRE SERMON Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
The world is on fire. What is to be done?
18 FIRST FIRES Joseph Bruchac
Fire in American Indian traditions and stories
24 REPAIRING THE FABRIC OF THE WORLD
A conversation with civic visionary Jonathan F.P. Rose
32 IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS Holly Haworth
Do you remember the Milky Way?
40 PAINTINGS Shawn Dulaney
Works of subtle transcendence from a master artist
44 THE PHOENIX John Vinycomb
Consumed by flames, it arises anew
46 IF YOU WANT TO BE A REBEL, BE KIND Nipun Mehta
Street level spirituality in Oakland, California
54 A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE Elena Wertenbaker
A young farmer‚ a mission to grow safe food
60 IN ONE PART OF THE BURNING WORLD Roger Lipsey
Dag Hammarskjld, the United Nations, and Tibet
70 AN OFFERING OF FLAMES Barbara Helen Berger
Lighting a candle, we light the world
76 A LIGHT IN DARK PLACES Alexandra Zaleski
Lessons for life from The Lord of the Rings
86 THE ALCHEMICAL FIRE Laura Dunn and David Ulrich
Yoga and art as paths to self-knowledge
92 WHERE THE TWO SEAS MEET Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
A Sufi master’s reflections on the divine and the human
102 UNITY IN DIVERSITY Swami Swaroopananda
A great swami speaks on healing the world
POETRY
68 DULCE ET DECORUM EST Wilfred Owen
EPICYCLE
82 THE BRAVE LITTLE PARROT Anonymous | Buddhist
Retold by Rafe Martin
Book REVIEWs
110 INFINITE VISION
Pavithra K. Mehta and Suchitra Shenoy |
reviewed by Richard Whittaker
115 THE TIMELESS RELEVANCE OF TRADITIONAL WISDOM
M. Ali Lakhani | reviewed by Samuel Bendeck Sotillos
121 TAMING YOUR INNER TYRANT
Patty de Llosa | reviewed by Bob Schneck
128 ENDPOINT
