Theos-Talk Archives (February 1994 Message tl00051)

                                  GASSHO
              Electronic Journal of DharmaNet International
                       and the Global Online Sangha

     Volume 1, Number 2      ISSN 1072-2971       January/February 1994
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  Editor-in-Chief:     Barry Kapke             dharma@netcom.com  or
                                               Fidonet: 1:125/33.0
  Copy Editor:         John Bullitt            john.bullitt@metta.ci.net
  Contributing Editor: Charles S. Prebish      csp1@psuvm.psu.edu
  Board of Advisors:   Robert Aitken Roshi     Amaro Bhikkhu
                       Carl Bielefeldt         Bhikkhu Bodhi
                       Thubten Chodron         T. Matthew Ciolek
                       Roger Corless           Gangcen Tulku Rinpoche
                       Maha Ghosananda         Joseph Goldstein
                       Joan Halifax            Ayya Khema
                       Anne C. Klein           Jack Kornfield
                       Jacqueline Mandell      Ken McLeod
                       Andrew Olendzki         Charles S. Prebish
                       Alan Senauke            Thanissaro Bhikkhu
                                  others to be announced

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                             Table of Contents:

  {1}  EDITORIAL: Message from the Editor
  {2}  NEWS: Dharamsala Goes E-mailing
  {3}  DHARMANET NEWS: Dharma Book Transcription Project; Electronic
       Growth in 1993
  {4}  LETTERS
  {5}  DIALOGUE: The First Precept: Reverence for Life (Thich Nhat Hanh)
  {6}  ARTICLE: The Greatest Gift (John Bullitt)
  {7}  ARTICLE: The Academic Study of Buddhism in America: A Current
         Analysis (Charles S. Prebish)
  {8}  ARTICLE: Exploring New Approaches: The Barre Center for Buddhist
         Studies (Andrew Olendzki)
  {9}  ARTICLE: The American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting: 1993
  {10} PRACTICE: Nothing Special (Ayya Khema)
  {11} CALENDAR: January - March 1994
  {12} REVIEWS: "Fundamentalism, Anyone?" (Richard Hayes)
  {13} RESOURCES: Publishers - Book, Audio, Video, Electronic
  {14} SANGHA: Massachusetts Dharma Centers (USA)
  {15} A PARTING THOUGHT
  {16} ABOUT GASSHO

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