Summary In the fall of 1996 issue of the Buddhist magazine Tricycle, various teachers of Buddhist meditation practice commented on the value of psychedelic experiences, with opinions of them ranging from helpful to harmful. Here, the author hopes to explain these conflicting viewpoints...

If order to figure out who we are, why we are here, and what our purpose is we often end up exploring religion, science, philosophy and spirituality.  This quest can teach us a lot of things about what other...