January-February, 1986

The First Zen of America
Cover: Meditating Bodhidharma

March, 1986

Buddha's Birthday Celebration: Zachary Jarret
Great Sixth Patriarch's Teaching, Volume VI, No. 10
Letter from Kyoto -- Jim Shaprio
Book Noted: Nine-Headed Dragon River, by Peter Matthiessen
Sokei-an Says: Prajna
Seminar on the Sutras May 30 - June 29, Bodhi Mandala
Cover: Tiger with Calligraphy

April, 1986

Anthony Tudor on television in China
Conversations with Farkas: The Quest for Enlightenment
Anthony Tudor meets with Mayor Koch
Abbe Arthur Mugnier on Hell
Great Sixth Patriarch's Teaching, Volume VI, No. 10: The Trikaya Buddha
Book Noted: Zen For Beginners
Jim Shapiro On the Run Through Japan
Cover: The Road is my Dojo -- Shapiro runs across Japan

May-June, 1986

Tudor Smiles: Tudor's life in dance and choreography
Annual Visit to Woodlawn 40 Years after Sokei-an's Death
Centerfold: Photos from Woodlawn Cemetery
Cover: Five Choreographers: Tudor, Balanchine, Boris, Robbins and Bolender

July, 1986

Running Across Japan, by Jim Shapiro
Book noted by John Storm: The Sword and the Mind, by Hiroaki Sato
Great Sixth Patriarch's Teaching, Volume VI, No. 12
Cover: Group photo following Sesshin with Joshu Sasaki Roshi

August, 1986

Q and A: How Are The Breaths To Be Counted? From the Sutra of Perfect Awakening
Great Sixth Patriarch's Teaching, Volume VI, No. 13
Book Noted: Diary of a Zen Nun, by Nancy Amphoux
Book Noted: A Journey in Ladakh, by Andrew Harvey
Cover: Cartoon by Jim Shapiro -- 1-week Meditation Contest with no moving!

September, 1986

A huge Buddhist Drum that "eats dragons, devours children..."
Book Noted: The Warrior Koans, Early Zen in Japan, by Trevor Leggett
Sesshin in Princeton with Joshu Sasaki Roshi, Nov. 13-19, 1986
Great Sixth Patriarch's Teaching, Volume VI, No. 13 Sambhogakaya Buddha
Q and A: Where can I go to sit in Japan?
Cover: A Lesson in Drumming, Cartoon by Jim Shapiro

October, 1986

Crossing the Japanese Alps, by Jim Shapiro
Mets Call on Cats to Root Out Rats at Shea Stadium
Great Sixth Patriarch's Teaching, Volume VI, No. 14: Nirmanakaya Buddha
Mumon Yamada Roshi on Lay Practice
Precipice, Climbing A
Thank You Again--Zen Notes Renewals
Cover: Zen Brush Strokes, by Vanessa Coward

November, 1986

Dogen Review, by John Storm -- Dogen's life, teachings and current translations
Great Sixth Patriarch's Teaching, Volume VI, No. 15: Trikaya Buddha
Cover: Farkas with Visitors from the Institute for Zen Studies: Rinzai, Soto and Obaku sects

December, 1986

President Reagan honors Tudor and Five Others at the Kennedy Center
Mickey Stunkard speaks on Obesity at the NY Academy of Medicine
Great Sixth Patriarch's Teaching, Volume VI, No. 16: Parable of Epidatta, Sun and Moon
Book Noted: The Unfettered Mind: Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master, by Takuan
Editor's Note: Tudor--an Admiral looking out over the sea
Last Rat News for 1986
Cover: R. Charles, A. Tudor, Y. Menuhin, J. Tandy, H. Cronyn, L. Ball Awards at Kennedy Center

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