The following essays and talks take as their starting point the idea of interdependence and discuss it in terms of our modern world.
The Power of Stupas and Statues
Author: Erik Pema Kunzang
Erik Pema Kunsang is a practitioner, meditation teacher and one of the most highly regarded Tibetan translators and interpreters today. Erik has been the assistant and translator for Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and his sons since the late 1970s. He has translated and edited over fifty volumes of Tibetan texts and oral teachings, and is one of the directors of Rangjung Yeshe Publications.
Om Yedharma...
Author: Lila Kate Wheeler
Lila Kate Wheeler is an American novelist and meditation teacher. Since 2016, she has served as the coordinator of the Meditation Retreat Teacher Training Program at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, CA, where she trains senior students to be empowered as teachers. You can learn more about her here.
Interdependence and Causation in Physics
Author: Dr. Vahid Ranjbar, PhD
Dr. Ranjbar is a research physicist at in the Collider-Accelerator department at Brookhaven National Laboratory, currently working on beam and spin dynamics. He is particularly interested in the connections between science and religion.
A View of Dependent Arising
Author: Stephen K. Hayes
Stephen K. Hayes is a living legend: martial artist, ninja, author, teacher, and bodyguard to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He has spent his entire adult life in the pursuit of perfection through the study of the Asian martial arts and spiritual traditions, living and traveling throughout North America, Japan, Europe, the Arctic, China, Tibet, Nepal, and India. Black Belt Magazine refers to him as one of the 10 most influential living martial artists in the world.
Interdependence: A Personal Perspective
Author: Jampa Mackenzie Stewart
Jampa Stewart is an author, a Tai Chi and Qigong master, a Senior Healing Tao Instructor and Chi Nei Tsang Instructor, an acupuncturist and a lifelong practitioner of Zen, Vajrayana Buddhism and Taoism. He is the founder of both Healing Tao Institute and Valley Spirit Cooperative and Wellness Center in Connecticut. Find out more about him here.
The "Ye Dharma" Mantra
Author: Dr. Todd Gibson, PhD
Dr. Gibson is an independent scholar, researcher and author in the areas of Buddhism, Cultural Diffusion and Linguistic Analysis. His current work focuses on the influence of Buddhism in ancient Central Asian historical development. He is based in Southeast Asia.
Looking for In-terdependence on the Outside
Author: Kimberly Carmitchel, MA
Kimberly Carmitchel is an Associate Psychology Professor at Colorado Mountain College, and Consulting Behavior Specialist treating children with social emotional disabilities. Kimberly also works in private practice as a psychotherapist. She can be reached at kcarmitchel@yahoo.com.
Dependent Arising
Author: Joshua Lazaroff, MA
Joshua Lazaroff is an educator, massage therapist and Buddhist practitioner.
Other Materials
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche on Interdependence
It Depends
The Power of Stupas and Statues
Author: Erik Pema Kunzang
Erik Pema Kunsang is a practitioner, meditation teacher and one of the most highly regarded Tibetan translators and interpreters today. Erik has been the assistant and translator for Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and his sons since the late 1970s. He has translated and edited over fifty volumes of Tibetan texts and oral teachings, and is one of the directors of Rangjung Yeshe Publications.
Om Yedharma...
Author: Lila Kate Wheeler
Lila Kate Wheeler is an American novelist and meditation teacher. Since 2016, she has served as the coordinator of the Meditation Retreat Teacher Training Program at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, CA, where she trains senior students to be empowered as teachers. You can learn more about her here.
Interdependence and Causation in Physics
Author: Dr. Vahid Ranjbar, PhD
Dr. Ranjbar is a research physicist at in the Collider-Accelerator department at Brookhaven National Laboratory, currently working on beam and spin dynamics. He is particularly interested in the connections between science and religion.
A View of Dependent Arising
Author: Stephen K. Hayes
Stephen K. Hayes is a living legend: martial artist, ninja, author, teacher, and bodyguard to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He has spent his entire adult life in the pursuit of perfection through the study of the Asian martial arts and spiritual traditions, living and traveling throughout North America, Japan, Europe, the Arctic, China, Tibet, Nepal, and India. Black Belt Magazine refers to him as one of the 10 most influential living martial artists in the world.
Interdependence: A Personal Perspective
Author: Jampa Mackenzie Stewart
Jampa Stewart is an author, a Tai Chi and Qigong master, a Senior Healing Tao Instructor and Chi Nei Tsang Instructor, an acupuncturist and a lifelong practitioner of Zen, Vajrayana Buddhism and Taoism. He is the founder of both Healing Tao Institute and Valley Spirit Cooperative and Wellness Center in Connecticut. Find out more about him here.
The "Ye Dharma" Mantra
Author: Dr. Todd Gibson, PhD
Dr. Gibson is an independent scholar, researcher and author in the areas of Buddhism, Cultural Diffusion and Linguistic Analysis. His current work focuses on the influence of Buddhism in ancient Central Asian historical development. He is based in Southeast Asia.
Looking for In-terdependence on the Outside
Author: Kimberly Carmitchel, MA
Kimberly Carmitchel is an Associate Psychology Professor at Colorado Mountain College, and Consulting Behavior Specialist treating children with social emotional disabilities. Kimberly also works in private practice as a psychotherapist. She can be reached at kcarmitchel@yahoo.com.
Dependent Arising
Author: Joshua Lazaroff, MA
Joshua Lazaroff is an educator, massage therapist and Buddhist practitioner.
Other Materials
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche on Interdependence
It Depends