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Fall 2010 Issue: Desire

In the current issue of Parabola, we explore the heights and depths of this most human of conditions. Defined as craving, longing, wanting strongly--and also as that unsatisfied state that fills us whether or not we obtain the object or person we crave--desire drives us and shapes our lives. Some long for fortune; others sex; others vengeance. In others, the energy of desire is refined, fueling the wish to alleviate the suffering of others; to bring peace to this torn world; to know and serve the truth. What do you desire?
 
Desiring peace: A meditation on Dag Hammarskjöld Print E-mail
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When Dag Hammarskjöld, second secretary-general of the United Nations (1953-61), reached New York City from his native Sweden to take up his duties, he was an object of discreet curiosity. 
 
AVATAR, STRIKER, AND ME Print E-mail

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James Cameron's gorgeous-looking 3D movie inspires vivid childhood memories—and an insight into the Buddha's teaching on the proliferation of thought, the process by which we become overwhelmed and controlled by images and impressions.


 
THE DESIRE TO RELIEVE ALL SUFFERING Print E-mail

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The Tzu Chi Hospital in Taipei at first glance resembles a five-star hotel. An immaculate marble lobby with a forty-foot ceiling and a live pianist playing Haydn, to entertain and calm both the patients and visitors, makes one feel as if one is entering a place of harmony and peace.  Unknown in the West, but beloved in her Taiwanese homeland, a modern-day Bodhisattva relieves the suffering of millions...


 

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The Editor's Blog
By Tracy Cochran

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Poems in Transition
By Lee Van Lear
I see the lack of what I am in others,
When the hand of Grace rests for a moment...
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A Meditation
By Anonymous
Quiet, I turn my gaze inwards.
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